Sean McGarvey (NABTU) / Dorsey Hager (Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council) / Gregory T. Revard (HFIAW)

America’s Work Force Union Podcast is proud to feature North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) President Sean McGarvey on the Oct. 2 edition of the podcast. President McGarvey spoke about the state of the building trades, safety on jobsites, the fight for investment in infrastructure and the Trades Women Build Nations Conference.

Our second featured guest today was Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager. Hager addressed the demand for more workers in the trades, the Building Futures and Driving Futures programs and wage theft legislation in Ohio.

Finally, newly appointed General President of the Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers (HFIAW), Gregory T. Revard spoke with AWF Union Podcast host Ed “Flash” Ferenc about registered apprenticeship programs, bringing workers quality of work and safety regulations up to union standards, getting people in the trades organized, educated and trained and the upcoming Trades Women Build Nations conference.