America’s Work Force Union Podcast
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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed an announcement by Ford Motor Co. to add 1,800 union jobs to a plant in Ohio and its impact on the state’s economy. He also explained how the Infrastructure Act will create good paying union construction jobs and revamp that state’s transit system.
Bill Gerhard, President of the Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council and Business Development Coordinator for Iowa Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET), appeared on the AWF Union Podcast and spoke about the challenges of organizing in Iowa, and efforts to expand apprenticeship programs and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Joyce Goldstein, a Labor and Employee Benefits Lawyer at Joyce Goldstein & Associates, appeared on the AWF Union podcast and spoke about the NLRB’s challenge of the Kroger Company’s ban on Black Lives Matter buttons in the workplace. She also discussed the Third Circuit Appellate Court’s reversal of an NLRB decision involving a tweet by the CEO of the company that publishes the Federalist.
Tim Burga, President, Ohio AFL-CIO | Frank Mathews, Administrative Director, CWA District 4
Peter Manikowski, President, PSRA | Julie Hedrick, National President, APFA
Thom Kay, Program Manager for Energy Transition, BlueGreen Alliance | Andrew Strom, Contributing Writer, On-Labor Blog
Abby Lawlor, Co-author, Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations | Reid Maki, Child Labor Advocacy Director, Child Labor Coalition
Marilyn Sneiderman, Executive Director, Rutgers University CIWO | Dave Megenhardt, Executive Director, Alicia Boreman, Clinical Director, ULA
Jon Schleuss, President, The NewsGuild-CWA | Grace Catania, Co-Vice President, Chicago News Guild Local 34071
Gay Henson, Secretary-Treasurer, IFPTE | Kisha Byrd, Women in Steel District 10 Coordinator, Local USW 10-00086
Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, C/CO BCTC | Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
President April Sims, Secretary-Treasurer Cherika Carter. WSLC | Bob Funk, Founder, Labor Lab
James Petrides, Senior Mechanical Insulation Specialist, Mechanical Insulators LMCT | Tom Buffenbarger, independent Labor voice
Princess Moss, VP, National Education Association | Jenn Roberts, Vice President for Employer Health Strategy, Hello Heart
Dr. Phil Sossenheimer, CIR-SEIU (Committee of Interns and Residents) | Reese Saulter III, Vice President of the Southern Region, BMWED
Arnold Scott, National Vice President, AFGE District 6 | Roxanne Brown, International Vice President at Large, United Steelworkers
Bill Samuel, Director of Government Affairs, AFL-CIO | Steve Hicks, President, Teamsters Local 283
Paul Rodell, Executive Council Member, APA Teamsters Local 1224 | Nya Anthony, Research Analyst, Good Jobs First
Melissa Cropper, President, Ohio AFL-CIO | Carl Kriss, Director, Relighting the Flame
Everett Kelley, National President, AFGE | Eric Dean, International President, Iron Workers Union
Jeff Stoffer, Director of Media and Communications, American Legion | Robert Roach Jr, President, Alliance for Retired Americans
Rick Miedema, Teamsters Local 997, Secretary Treasurer | Davida Russell, Executive Secretary/Treasurer, North Coast Area Labor Federation
Karla Hernandez-Mats, President, UTD | Pasquale Gianni, Council and Political Director, Teamsters Joint Council 25
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