Michael Shields, Senior Researcher and Economist, Policy Matters Ohio | Leonard Aguilar, Secretary-Treasurer, Texas AFL-CIO

Michael Shields, a Senior Researcher and Economist for Policy Matters Ohio, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the need to pay Ohio workers a living wage. Shields also talked about some occupations guilty of underpaying workers and what the state of Ohio could do to provide workers with safe and livable employment.

Newly re-elected Secretary-Treasurer for the Texas AFL-CIO, Leonard Aguilar, joined the America’s Work Force Union podcast to talk about the state eliminating mandatory heat breaks for construction workers in Texas. Aguilar also discussed the need to overturn the state law and an update on the Texas AFL-CIO.