038: New Year, New Legislative Challenges | How BCTGM Local Unions in Right-to-Work States are Insulating their Union Culture with Internal Organizing

2025-02-08

Different than the external act of going into facilities where there is no union and attempting to start one—Internal Organizing is fundamentally about building a union culture in your workplace where, when given the choice to belong or opt out of the Union, workers would ultimately desire to be a part of it. This is the only way to strengthen our Local Unions against the rising threat of Right-to-Work laws. Learn how BCTGM local Unions are doing it in the Right to Work states of Indiana, Kentucky and Oklahoma. We hear fro...

Different than the external act of going into facilities where there is no union and attempting to start one—Internal Organizing is fundamentally about building a union culture in your workplace where, when given the choice to belong or opt out of the Union, workers would ultimately desire to be a part of it.

This is the only way to strengthen our Local Unions against the rising threat of Right-to-Work laws. Learn how BCTGM local Unions are doing it in the Right to Work states of Indiana, Kentucky and Oklahoma.

We hear from:

David Woods, BCTGM International Secretary-Treasurer/Director of Organization
Clint Lathrop, BCTGM Local 372A (Indianapolis, Ind.) Business Agent
Rob Gaskins, BCTGM Local 57 (Columbus, Ohio) Business Agent
Karlos Brothers, BCTGM Local 366G (Oklahoma City, Okla.) President
Darian Haggins, BCTGM 366G (Oklahoma City, Okla.) Vice President
with historical clips from former BCTGM Director of Organization John Price

We dedicate this episode to our late Organizing Director John Price, who dedicated his entire working life to helping workers organize with the BCTGM. We will continue the fight in his honor.

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