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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Labor Day 2026: U.S. Rep. Norcross on Worker Power and Zhavoronkova on TradesFutures
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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Fred Redmond on CEO Pay, the 2025 Paywatch Report and Labor Day 2026
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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C/COBCTC on Data Centers, Infrastructure and Outreach
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Rep. Steve Horsford and Dave Megenhardt on Fighting for Workers
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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NABTU's Dr. Tom Kriger on Apprenticeship, AI and The Wizard of Oz
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Tom Buffenbarger on ‘Wimpy’ Winpisinger and the Origins of Labor Day
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell on Trade, Social Security and Fighting for Workers
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Insulators Local 6's Jeff Saliba on Energy, Recovery and Union Power
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Food Is Medicine, Aviation Safety and 49 Years of the Labor Fight
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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USW's John Lepley on Homestead, Carnegie and the Fight That Built Labor
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan on the Labor Caucus, PRO Act and Clean Energy Jobs
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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9/11 at 25, US Shipbuilding and the 2032 Social Security Cliff
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Bill McCamley on Wage Theft, Labor History and the Trades Crisis
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Medicare for All History, Head Start Cuts and Ohio's Education Fight
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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SMART Union and Union EAP on Mental Health Support That Actually Works
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Cleveland Teachers Fight Back and 100 Years of American Labor Law
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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CA Building Trades on Proposition 45 and the November Fight
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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LHSFNA on Trench Safety, Work Zones and OSHA Under Pressure
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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CWA's Frank Mathews on Union History and the Story of Red on Thursday
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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BAC's Tim Driscoll on Labor Law, AI, Immigration and Misclassification
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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TSA Administrator Cummins, Transit Funding and Ohio's Labor History
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Fred Redmond on Family, 50 Years With the Steelworkers and Organizing
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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C/COBCTC on Data Centers, a New Learning Center and Trades Outreach
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Duncan Crabtree-Ireland on the SAG-AFTRA Merger and Labor History
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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LEAN Program's Jonathan Ashwell on Recovery in the Building Trades
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Teamsters Launch Teamsters Digital Archivces With Unfiltered Union Oral Histories
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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UMD Mass Layoffs, Medicare Advantage and What Workers Need to Know
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Roofers Local 11's Donetta Thomas on Finding Her Path Through Hire360
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Nurse Safety, Boeing's New Direction and the One Big Beautiful Bill
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Study Shows Union Contractors Deliver Projects Faster and Cheaper
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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IFPTE on DoD Union Rights, the SAVE Act and a Hawaii Organizing Win
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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AFSCME Council 65 on Political Firings and Organizing in South Dakota
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Mechanical Insulators LMCT on Boston Hospitals and Energy Waste
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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OFT's Melissa Cropper on AFT Growth, a Library Win and Ohio Elections
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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USW's Mariana Padias on Big River Sawmill Win and First Contracts
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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AFM Local 4 on Cleveland Orchestra Talks and the AI Threat
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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America's 250th Celebrations, Social Security and AI in Medicare
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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National COSH on Heat Hazards, Silicosis and Worker Safety Rollbacks
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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DirecTV Contract Win, Ohio Organizing and Fighting Oligarchy Training
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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NM Building Trades Wellness Coalition on the Mental Health Crisis
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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NNU on the Medicare for All Coalition and the July 30 Day of Action
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Andrew Strom on How Judges Chip Away at Worker Wage Protections
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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UA Local 43 on Bloomberg's Apprenticeship Grant and Tennessee Valley Growth
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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SAG-AFTRA on AI Protections, No FAKES Act and the 2028 Pension Merger
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Boilermakers Local 154 on Data Centers and Grid Reliability
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Brandon Elvey on the Union Pacific Merger and Rail Safety Threats
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Fred Redmond on the AFL-CIO Convention, AI and America at 250
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Dorsey Hager on Drones, Data Centers and Central Ohio's Building Boom
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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1,000 Placements, Union Wealth Doubled and a New Cleveland Office
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Ironworker Brian Poindexter on His Primary Win and Fighting for Workers First
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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PASS National on FAA Workforce Plan, System Upgrades and Drone Safety
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Skilled Trades Crisis, Lockheed Contract Win and a School District Fight
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Pete Ielmini on Apprenticeship, Senate Bill 4312 and Construction Mental Health
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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AFL-CIO Convention Recap, Jones Act and International Travel Health
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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NRDC's Juanita Constible on Protecting Workers From Extreme Heat
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Carelon Behavioral Health on Modern EAPs and Workforce Mental Health
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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America at 250 and the 2032 Social Security Cliff
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Tennessee Nuclear Network on $10B Investment and 3,000 Skilled Jobs
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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UPTE-CWA Tech Worker Win and OFT's Voucher Fight and First Contract Success
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Iron Workers Local 44 on the Brent Spence Bridge Finally Breaking Ground
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Labor Lawyer Andrew Strom on How the Sixth Circuit Just Made It Harder for Workers to Fight Back
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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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 |