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.
President, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Melissa Cropper | Special Assistant to the President, NABTU, Melissa Wells
Director of the American Legion Media & Communications Division, Jeff Stoffer | Founding director of the Center for Study of Working Class Life at Stony Brook U, Michael Zweig
Director of Education and Training, UA ITF, Ray Boyd | Executive Director, Rich Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans
UA VIP Program Manager, Mike Hazard | President of the North Shore AFL-CIO, Pat Gallagher
Executive Director John LeConche, and Assistant Director Bernadette Olivera-Rivera, LIUNA Training and Education Fund | Garrett Giglio, Training Coordinator, Insulators Local 53 JATC
Frank Mathews, Administrative Director, CWA District 4 | Dan Poteet, Business Manager, Insulator Local 50
Sam Tafolla, Assistant National Administrator, Insulators IIIATF | Len DiCosimo, Executive Secretary of the North Shore AFL-CIO and President of the AFM Local 4
Will Attig, Veteran and Executive Director, Union Veterans Council | Sean Ellis, Veteran and Instructor with UA VIP
Jacob Lindahl, Lead Organizer, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania | Michael Shields, Economist, Policy Matters Ohio
Scott Paul, President, Alliance for American Manufacturing | Andrew Strom, Labor Lawyer
Tim Burga, President, Ohio AFL-CIO | Adam Keller, Co-host/co-producer of The Valley Labor Report and Political Coordinator for IATSE Local 900
Tim Ryan, Former Ohio State Senator | Marisa Powell, Organizer and Lawyer, Doctors Council SEIU
Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, C/CO BCTC | Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer. AFL-CIO
Ed Hill Jr., Business Development Rep, IBEW 3rd District | U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown
Dave Meganhardt, Executive Director, ULA | Christine Mulhern and Lisa Abraham, Economists, RAND Corporation
Maryam Jameel, Reporter, ProPublica | Angel Cantu, Airline Representative, Teamsters
Hon. Mimi Tsankov, President, National Association of Immigration Judges | Tim Drea, President, Illinois AFL-CIO
Jeff Padellaro, Director of Teamsters Brewery, Bakery and Soft Drink Conference | Dave McCall, International President, United Steelworkers
Bill Samuel, Director of Government Affairs, AFL-CIO | Tony Cardwell, President, BMWED-IBT
Pete Ielmini, Executive Director, LMCT | Gina Walsh, Deputy Director LMCT and Board Member of Tradeswomen Builds Nations
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