Doris Crouse-Mays (VA AFL-CIO) / Chris Smolinsky (Teamsters Local 25)

Virginia State AFL-CIO President Doris Crouse-Mays was the first featured guest on today’s edition of the America’s Work Force Union Podcast. She spoke with host Ed “Flash” Ferenc about holding press conferences and roundtables across the state with workers, Virginia being the first state to pass permanent workplace virus protection standards and educating people on so-called “Right to Work” and why it is wrong.

Chris Smolinsky, Director of Organizing for Teamsters Local 25 in Boston, Mass. was our second guest on the show today. He spoke about workplace conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the desperate need for PPE and local organizing efforts.