Rachel Lablance, UA VIP Instructor | Mary Anne Trasciatti, Director of Labor Studies Hofstra and President of Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition | Greg Regan, President, TTD

Continuing our Women’s History Month coverage, America’s Work Force Union Podcast was joined by the first female trainer for the United Association Veterans in Piping Program, Rachel Lablance. She discussed her journey into the program, how she became a trainer and how the Department of Defense SkillBridge program helped shape her life.

Mary Anne Trasciatti, Director of Labor Studies at Hofstra University and President of the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, joined America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the 113th anniversary of the deadly fire in 1911. Trasciatti talked about how the aftermath of the fire helped workers in the garment industry, the new memorial and how it educates the public. 

President of the Transportation Trades Department, Greg Regan, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to talk about the rising attacks on letter carriers and legislation to help prevent the violence. Regan also discussed the REEF Act and his letter supporting the CEO of Norfolk Southern following a Wall Street special interest investor’s attempt to remove him.