Dorsey Hager (Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council) / Mike Knisley (Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council) / Ryan Delgado (New York State AFL-CIO)

Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager joined AWF Union Podcast to discuss organizing initiatives and career building programs in central Ohio. He also discussed local elections and how they will affect the building trades.

Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council Secretary-Treasurer Mike Knisley explained how the building trades have fared in Ohio during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also explained what Trump could have done better for the trades and what he expects if Joe Biden is elected president.

Lastly, New York State AFL-CIO Chief of Staff Ryan Delgado talked about what is needed for workers in terms of pandemic safety, how to crawl out of the deficit created by the pandemic and the need to organize more frontline workers.