America’s Work Force Union Podcast
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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.
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Ironworkers Local 48’s Trey Martin Is Running for Congress in Oklahoma
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Teamsters Local 175's Luke Farley on Beverage Market Strike in West Virginia
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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CWA District 4's Frank Mathews on the AT&T Contract Win and the CWA Worker Power Agenda
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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SMART-TD's Jared Cassity on the Rail Safety Act Breakthrough and Lessons from East Palestine
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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LaborLab's Bob Funk on the $1.7 Billion Union Busting Industry and How Workers Can Fight Back
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Income Inequality and the 30th AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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C/COBCTC’s Hager Talks Data Centers, Intel and Ohio’s Sales Tax Repeal
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Ohio AFL-CIO's Tim Burga on Labor Roundtables, November Stakes and the Voter ID Fight
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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From Fast Food to Union Carpenter: Taylor Dobson's Journey Into the Trades
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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CFM Local 10-208 on the Live Nation Monopoly’s Impact on Independent Music
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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"It's Okay Not to Be Okay" – How the USW is Reimagining Mental Health & Workplace Safety
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May 29, 2026 |
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Data Centers, Nuclear Power & the Federal Mechanical Insulation Act of 2026
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May 28, 2026 |
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China's EV Threat, Apple Store Closures & The Faster Labor Contracts Act
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May 27, 2026 |
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Closing the GI Bill Gap: Equalizing Housing Benefits for Veteran Apprentices
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May 26, 2026 |
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Beyond "Thank You": Mike Hazard on UA VIP & Veteran Mental Health
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May 25, 2026 |
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Labor’s New Strategy: Running for Office and Resisting the Federal Workforce Gutting
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May 22, 2026 |
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“News, Not Slop” | NewsGuild’s Jon Schleuss on AI & the Global Press Freedom Fight
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May 21, 2026 |
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Ohio Labor Battles with OFT and Maternal Mental Health with BCBS NLO
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May 20, 2026 |
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IAFF Local 1120’s Battle for Safe Staffing and the Vote of No Confidence
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May 19, 2026 |
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The $12K Wage Gap and the Hidden Crisis of Workplace Hearing Loss
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May 18, 2026 |
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$21B VA Waste & Social Security’s Future: American Legion & Alliance for Retired Americans
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May 15, 2026 |
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Winning the Stage: IATSE Local 22’s Organizing Surge
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May 14, 2026 |
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Defending Ohio’s Schools & LA’s Historic Direct Action Training
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May 13, 2026 |
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The Battle for Prop B in Round Rock
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May 12, 2026 |
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Broadcast’s AI Threat vs. The Largest Union Surge in 16 Years
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May 11, 2026 |
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Surge in Union Growth and a 13-Year Legal Defeat for Worker Rights
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May 08, 2026 |
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Fighting a Silent Epidemic: Gary LaBarbera on the NYC Building Trades’ Peer Support Network
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May 07, 2026 |
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Ohio’s Primary Election Reckoning & Navigating a Scrambled Job Market
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May 06, 2026 |
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IBEW Local 125’s Travis Eri on Permitting Bottlenecks & Union Jobs
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May 05, 2026 |
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Dismantling the CDC: Mass Layoffs, EEO Collapse and Federal Worker Rights with AFGE Local 2883
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May 04, 2026 |
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Federal Safety Rollbacks & the Columbus Construction Boom
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May 01, 2026 |
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Brian Andersen on IBEW Local 601’s Role in the 2026 Energy Boom
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Colorado’s Labor Peace Act & The Merger Threatening 50 Percent of U.S. Flights
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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The Whiting Refinery Lockout with USW Local 7-1’s Eric Schultz
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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The Bonus You Didn’t Get & The "Careless" Tax Flaw Hitting Transport Workers
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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The RTO Pay Cut: Georgia Campus Workers Fight for Living Wages and Remote W
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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The Federal Mechanical Insulation Act Hits the Senate
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Books, Blockbusters and Big Raises: OFT and SAG-AFTRA Secure Major Wins
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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NABTU President Sean McGarvey on 300K Apprentices and the OpenAI Partnership
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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The Future of Healthcare Interoperability and Navigating the "Summer of Steel"
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Honoring the Fallen & Fighting Care Denials: Jeff Stoffer and Rich Fiesta
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Union Ironworker to Congress? Brian Poindexter’s Mission to Reward Work over Wealth
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Worker Power & Workplace Rights: The 2026 Midwest Ground Game and the Truth About Free Speech at Work
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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How Unions Saved Pensions with IBEW 4th District's International Vice President Austin Keyser
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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UFCW 3000’s Faye Guenther on Strikes, Mergers and Holding the Line
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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D.C. Nurses Fight Wage Theft, Understaffing and Management Failures at MedStar
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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The Future of the Trowel Trades: Tim Driscoll on Infrastructure, AI and the Fight for Fairness
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Building Worker Power: California’s AI Fight & Ohio’s Election Ground Game
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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From Survival to Stability: Liz Looper’s Journey into the Painters Union
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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The Real Truth About Ohio’s Hazmat Gaps with OAPFF President Jon Harvey
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Ohio’s Data Center Boom & The National Fight for Economic Relief
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Whirlpool Layoffs: The Fight to Save Union Manufacturing in Amana, Iowa
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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NTEU President Doreen Greenwald on the Crisis Facing Government Workers
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Deep Sea Fishermen: Defending Union Jobs and Pacific Sustainability with James Johnson
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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AI Protections with SAG-AFTRA & "Food Is Medicine" Programs for Union Families
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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TSA Under Pressure & Labor on the Ballot: Inside the Fight for Federal Workers and Ohio Leadership
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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The Physical Side of AI: Why Data Center Growth is a Win for Mechanical Insulators
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Silica Safety Milestones & The Defense Capacity Questions
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Beyond the Harness: How Ironworkers are Redefining Jobsite Safety and Mental Health
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Healthcare Advocacy & Transportation Safety: Tera Clizbe and Greg Regan
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Veterans in the Trades and Protecting Social Security: Jeff Stoffer and Rich Fiesta
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Technical Expertise and Bold Leadership: Gay Henson on the IFPTE and Public Service
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Funding Fights & Classroom Mandates: Melissa Cropper on the Future of Ohio Schools
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Building the Future of the Iron Workers and Helping Ironworkers Recover
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Building the Future: CWA’s Broadband Justice & the AFL-CIO’s AI Bill of Rights
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Building Women’s Power & The SCOTUS Fight Over Forced Arbitration
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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USW President Roxanne Brown: Industrial Trades, Bargaining, and the Future of Labor
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Galesburg’s First: Haley Stevenson on Breaking the Firehouse "Brass Ceiling"
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Cara Siegel on Hire360, Clean Energy and the Retention of Women in the Trades
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Nurses Fight for Safety with Mary Turner, NNU | Labor’s AI Strategy with Dave Megenhardt, ULA
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Building the Future: Intel’s Expansion & The New Era of Labor Leadership
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Beyond the Hard Hat: Why Childcare & Retention Matter for Women in the Trades with IBEW 11’s Diana Limon
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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The 4 AM Reality: Krissy Webber on Childcare Barriers for Women in the Trades
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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San Diego’s Labor Shift: Carol Kim on PLA Victories and Women in Construction
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Leading the Change: AFL-CIO’s Liz Shuler on Women’s Power and the AI Frontier
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Holding the Line: Big Wins for USW at Libbey Glass and Nurses at UPMC Magee
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Building the Masonry Pipeline & Challenging NLRB Supervisor Rulings
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Building Union Power: Mastering the Business of Contracting & Expanding Indigenous Trades Pathways
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Tariffs, Layoffs and Safe Staffing with Tom Buffenbarger and SEIU 121RN’s Guillermo Mendoza-Lujan
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Building Worker Power: From Union Resurgence to Transportation Safety Reforms
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Social Security Data Breaches & The Future of America’s Downtowns
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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The Blue-Collar Blueprint: From Union Apprenticeships to Pattern Bargaining Wins
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Union Hurdles & Modern Mergers: The Battle for Worker Power in CO and IL
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Teamsters Local 2010 on Strike at CSU and OFT Sounds the Alarm
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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APWU President Jonathan Smith on "Pseudo-Privatization" and the Future of Your Mail
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Trade, Triage and the 2026 USMCA Review. Is the NLRB Backlog Stalling Worker Power?
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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On the Frontlines: Ohio Firefighters’ Legislative Push & Maine Nurses’ Victory
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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USW's Myles Sullivan on Strike History | DePaul's Youth Union Training
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Ohio’s Tax Repeal Danger & NewsGuild Organizing Surges
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Organizing DC’s Iconic Venues & The Battle for AI Guardrails | IATSE Local 22 & AFL-CIO
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Building the "Silicon Valley of the Midwest" | AFL-CIO's Fred Redmond on Democracy
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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DreamWorks Remote workers & TED Workers Unionize | Iowa Rep. Dan Gosa on Labor in Politics
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Young Workers March on D.C. & The “Good Jobs” Shortage | AFGE & Ironworkers Local 5
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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East Palestine, Ohio After Three Years with Tony Cardwell & Ohio’s Labor Landscape with Tim Burga
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Working for Free vs. The $8 Trillion Boom: The Shutdown Crisis & Billionaire Wealth
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Manufacturing Crisis & Library Safety: The Fight for Worker Power in Ohio
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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A City in Crisis: Minneapolis Labor Mobilized, and the Fight for Video Game Workers’ Rights
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Passing the Federal Mechanical Insulation Act & Harnessing Food as Medicine
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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From the Picket Line to D.C.: The Fight for Staffing and the Young Workers March
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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The Safety Gap: Federal Rail Reform & The Firefighter Staffing Crisis
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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David Goldberg, California Teachers Association | Sue Browne, United Steelworkers
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Mike Leda, IBEW Local 153 | Richard Shavzin, SAG-AFTRA
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Jason Walsh, BlueGreen Alliance | Lynn LaPlante, Chicago Federation of Musicians
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Melissa Cropper, OFT | Jon Schleuss, NewGuild-CWA
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Jennie Baird, Ethical Tech Project | Siobhan Standaert, Good Jobs First
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Jeff Stoffer, American Legion | Lisa Cutler, Alliance for Retired Americans
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Kai Shin, Chicago Botanic Garden Workers United | Pat Gallagher, NCLF
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Luis Jimenez, IAFF Local 735| Jason Monteith, SEIU-West
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Frank Mathews, CWA District 4 | Benjamin Lynn, ATU Local 689
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Michelle Eisen, Starbucks Workers United | Aurelia Glass, Center for American Progress
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Guillermo Mendoza-Lujan, SEIU Local 121RN | Andrew Strom, labor lawyer
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Chris Flett & Anthony Noseworthy, IUOE Local 955 | Joe Gambill, META (SBJATC)
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Brandon Campbell, UAW Region 4 | Amy Howell, United Labor Agency
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Betony Jones, EnergyEmployment US | Tim Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Dan Osborn, Steamfitters & Plumbers Local 464 | Frank Manzo, Illinois EPI
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Dorsey Hager, C/COBCTC | Best of 2025: Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Ariel Wittenburg, PEN Guild | Best of 2025: Claude Cummings Jr., CWA
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Machinists Local H1 | Best of 2025: Pat Devaney, Illinois State AFL-CIO
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Brad Asay, Utah AFL-CIO | Best of 2025: Lindsay Dougherty, Teamsters
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Sherrod Brown | Best of 2025: Doreen Greenwald and April Goggans, NTEU
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Dave McCall, USW | Best of 2025: Joe Nantista and Paul Slocomb, BMWED
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Zach Story, IBEW Local 210 | Best of 2025: Sylvester Taylor, IBEW Local 1
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Congresswoman Linda Sanchez | Best of 2025: Sean O’Brien, Teamsters
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Tom Buffenbarger | Best of 2025: Lee Saunders, AFSCME
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Greg Regan, TTD | Best of 2025: Everett Kelley, AFGE
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Jeff Stoffer, American Legion | Rich Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Pat O’Gorman and Jesus Ramirez, IUOE Local 399 | Davida Russell, NCLF
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Jordan Barab | Frank Manzo, ILEPI
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Tony Johnston, CCCTU Local 1600 | Melissa Cropper, OFT
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Carrie Lee Patterson, AEA | Jay Edwards, Former Ohio State Rep.
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Anna-Marta Visky, CWA District 1 | Andrew Strom, Labor Lawyer
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Charlotte Brody, BlueGreen Alliance | Will Lindsay, BMWED
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Adam Keller, The Valley Labor Report | Hannah Halbert, Policy Matters Ohio
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Frank Mathews, CWA District 4 | Dave Wondolowski, Cleveland BCTC
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Sylvia Allegretto, CEPR | Bob Funk, LaborLab
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Dorsey Hager, C/COBCTC | John Paul Smith, AFL-CIO
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Jared Ross and Lorie Thompson, South Sound BCTC | Steve South, Teamsters Local 25
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Paul Nolley, Project First Rate | Jody Calemine, AFL-CIO
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Dave Saucedo, Teamsters | Tim Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Ted Pappageorge, Culinary Workers Union Local 226 | Merrilee Logue, NLO
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Roxanne Brown, USW | Scott Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Jeff Padallero, Teamsters | Greg LaRoy, Good Jobs First
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Chris Grando, NUICA | Trish Belenson, SEIU Local 1021
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Casey Van Den Heuvel, SMW Local 104 | Tom Buffenbarger
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Jon Schleuss, NewsGuild-CWA | Greg Regan, TTD
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Jeff Stoffer, American Legion | Rich Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Anton Ruesing, FTI | Pat Gallagher, North Coast Area Labor Federation
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Matthew Bruenig, NLRB Edge | Dennis Torres, Bonnie Oconer, SEIU UHW
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Melissa Cropper, OFT | Jeff Bryant, Our Schools
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Cristina Hooper, SEIU Local 1107 | Hannah Halbert, Policy Matters Ohio
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Nov 17, 2025 |