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America’s Work Force Union Podcast provides a clear and unfiltered voice for the working people of America. Radio veteran Ed “Flash” Ferenc leads the discussion with a focus on topics that include the impact of labor unions in America, workers’ rights, legislative actions and labor-management relations. Featured guests include various labor leaders, politicians, journalists and more. America’s Work Force Union Podcast provides updates and information from sources around the United States and continues to be the trusted voice for workers across the country.
Episodes
![Roxanne Brown, United Steelworkers | Adam Bradley, CancerNavigator](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8183910/awf-union-podcast-logo-podbean-1500px_300x300.png)
12 hours ago
12 hours ago
Roxanne Brown, United Steelworkers (USW) International Vice President At-Large, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to speak about the International’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for U.S. President and Made in America Week.
CancerNavigator Co-Founder Adam Bradley joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss his organization’s mission to provide cancer support services to union members. He also spoke about the importance of detecting cancer early.
![Tim Smith, UAW Region 8 | Jon Schleuss, TNG-CWA](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8183910/awf-union-podcast-logo-podbean-1500px_300x300.png)
2 days ago
2 days ago
Tim Smith, Director of Region 8 of the United Auto Workers, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss an organizing win at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee. He also talked about the lessons learned during the Mercedes-Benz organizing campaign and other contract wins across Region 8.
President of The NewsGuild-CWA (TNG-CWA), Jon Schleuss, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss several recent first contracts and organizing victories at newsrooms and online publications across the country.
![Rich Jones, Youturn Health, Matt Biggs IFPTE](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8183910/awf-union-podcast-logo-podbean-1500px_300x300.png)
3 days ago
3 days ago
Rich Jones, Co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Youturn Health, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss how his organiziation helps workers address substance misuse and mental health concerns, especially withing the construction industry. He also discussed his personal experience with substance misuse and how he’s turned that experience into knowledge to get people the help they need.
Matt Biggs, President of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the 61st Constitutional Convention that took place in New Orleans earlier this month. Biggs also talked about how the union is trying to improve the mental health of members and their efforts to educate members on candidates in the November election.
![Kirk Samuelson, BuilderFax | Tom Buffenbarger, Retired Machinist International President](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8183910/awf-union-podcast-logo-podbean-1500px_300x300.png)
4 days ago
4 days ago
Kirk Samuelson, founder of BuilderFax, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss how his 45-year career in the construction industry led him to seek a solution to recruiting and developing a new generation of tradespeople using technology.
The America’s Work Force Union Podcast’s independent labor voice and retired International President of the International Association of Machists and Allied Workers, Tom Buffenbarger, discussed the new updates from Boeing and also looks back at his time working with President Joe Biden.
![The Pharmacy Guild | Greg Regan, TTD](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8183910/awf-union-podcast-logo-podbean-1500px_300x300.png)
5 days ago
The Pharmacy Guild | Greg Regan, TTD
5 days ago
5 days ago
Lannie Duong, co-founder of The Pharmacy Guild, and Chris DesRochers, a pharmacy technician, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the decade-long effort to improve the workplace for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians that led to the creation of The Pharmacy Guild.
Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the problems with the claim by Airbus that their new planes can be flown with only one pilot. Regan also discussed a Project Labor Agreement for a high-speed rail project and a labor shortage for ferry workers in Washington.
![Jeff Stoffer, American Legion | Rich Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8183910/awf-union-podcast-logo-podbean-1500px_300x300.png)
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Jeff Stoffer, American Legion | Rich Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Jeff Stoffer, Director of Media and Communications for the American Legion, joined the Amercia’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the August edition of the American Legion Magazine.
Rich Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss how the Alliance has worked with state legislators to improve retirees' access to vote across the country.
![David Cann, AFGE | Davida Russell, North Coast Area Labor Federation](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8183910/awf-union-podcast-logo-podbean-1500px_300x300.png)
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
David Cann, AFGE | Davida Russell, North Coast Area Labor Federation
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
David Cann, Director of Membership and Organizing for the American Federation of Government Employees, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the Drive to 325 organizing campaign and the impact of the late Jane McAlevey on the campaign.
Davida Russell, Secretary-Treasurer of the North Coast Area Labor Federation, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the Ohio Alliance for Community Education (Ohio ACE) and the Ohio Alliance Action Fund and how they are helping educate people of color in Ohio about the upcoming election. She also spoke about the upcoming fundraiser for the Ohio Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW).
![Larysa Kautz, Melwood | Will Attig, Union Veterans Council](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8183910/awf-union-podcast-logo-podbean-1500px_300x300.png)
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Larysa Kautz, Melwood | Will Attig, Union Veterans Council
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Larysa Kautz, President and CEO of Melwood, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the work her organization performs to provide people with disabilities access to good jobs with livable wages and benefits. She also discussed how partnerships with several unions and federal agencies have led people with disabilities on a path to a career.
Will Attig, Executive Director of the Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and spoke about a recent meeting at the White House that discussed the Biden Administration’s impact on union jobs for military veterans and what they can do to highlight the work performed by union veterans.
![Melissa Cropper, OFT AFT | Michael Shields, Policy Matters Ohio](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8183910/awf-union-podcast-logo-podbean-1500px_300x300.png)
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Melissa Cropper, OFT AFT | Michael Shields, Policy Matters Ohio
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Melissa Cropper, President of the Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) and a Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the upcoming AFT National Convention and why several Locals from Ohio are going to be well-represented. She also discussed some of the common-sense guidelines from the AFT for implementing AI in the classroom.
Michael Shields, Economist from Policy Matters Ohio, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss a failed signature-gathering campaign to raise Ohio’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. He explained why minimum wage workers in Ohio deserve a pay raise.
![Wayne Creasap II, Iron Workers | Bob Funk, LaborLab](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8183910/awf-union-podcast-logo-podbean-1500px_300x300.png)
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Wayne Creasap II, Iron Workers | Bob Funk, LaborLab
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Wayne Creasap II, the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (IW)’s Director of Safety and Health, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to talk about improving safety for their members on the job. He also discussed this week's annual instructors training in Ann Arbor, Mich., and the importance of using members' knowledge to improve safety training.
Bob Funk, Founder and Executive Director of LaborLab, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the ways corporations pay for union-busting consultants, the tactics these bad actors employ to disrupt union organizing campaigns and how LaborLab is attempting to shine a light on this industry.