Sylvia Allegretto, CEPR | Bob Funk, LaborLab
08 Dec 2025
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Dorsey Hager, C/COBCTC | John Paul Smith, AFL-CIO
05 Dec 2025
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Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction T...
Jared Ross and Lorie Thompson, South Sound BCTC | Steve South, Teamsters Local 25
04 Dec 2025
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Paul Nolley, Project First Rate | Jody Calemine, AFL-CIO
03 Dec 2025
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Dave Saucedo, Teamsters | Tim Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO
02 Dec 2025
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Ted Pappageorge, Culinary Workers Union Local 226 | Merrilee Logue, NLO
01 Dec 2025
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Roxanne Brown, USW | Scott Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing
28 Nov 2025
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Jeff Padallero, Teamsters | Greg LaRoy, Good Jobs First
27 Nov 2025
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Chris Grando, NUICA | Trish Belenson, SEIU Local 1021
26 Nov 2025
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Casey Van Den Heuvel, SMW Local 104 | Tom Buffenbarger
25 Nov 2025
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Jon Schleuss, NewsGuild-CWA | Greg Regan, TTD
24 Nov 2025
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Jeff Stoffer, American Legion | Rich Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans
21 Nov 2025
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Anton Ruesing, FTI | Pat Gallagher, North Coast Area Labor Federation
20 Nov 2025
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Matthew Bruenig, NLRB Edge | Dennis Torres, Bonnie Oconer, SEIU UHW
19 Nov 2025
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Melissa Cropper, OFT | Jeff Bryant, Our Schools
18 Nov 2025
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Cristina Hooper, SEIU Local 1107 | Hannah Halbert, Policy Matters Ohio
17 Nov 2025
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Aaron Walsh, LEAN STL | Suntrapp Workers Unite, CWA Local 7765
14 Nov 2025
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Andrew Strom, Brooklyn Law School | Natalie Robin and Dante Smith, USA Local 829
14 Nov 2025
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Andrew Strom, a labor lawyer and adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School, joined the America’s Wo...
Bret Oesterich, AMFA | Chris Rak, SEIU Local 1
13 Nov 2025
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Dan Wiley, American Legion | Mike Hazard, UA VIP
11 Nov 2025
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Frank Mathews, CWA District 4 | Tracie McMillan, Capital and Main
10 Nov 2025
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Dorsey Hager, C/COBCTC | John Paul Smith, AFL-CIO
07 Nov 2025
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Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus Central Ohio Building and Construction T...
Jackie Tate, Imogen Fox, AFSCME Local 88 | Merrilee Logue, NLO, David Yoder, BCBS FEP
06 Nov 2025
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Paducah Professional Firefighters Local 168 | Dave Megenhardt, United Labor Agency
05 Nov 2025
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Nick Weiner, Amer Dababneh, CWA | Tim Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO
04 Nov 2025
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Jon Wentz, Wentz, McInerney, Peifer & Petroff, LLC | Justin Hubly, NAPE/AFSCME Local 61
03 Nov 2025
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Scott Nelson, University of Georgia | Andy and Brian Nieweglowski, LIUNA Local 607
31 Oct 2025
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Scott Nelson, history professor at the University of Georgia and author of “Steel Driving Man: Joh...
Sarah Anderson, IPS | Elliot Encarnacion and Martha Kinsella, AGMA
30 Oct 2025
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Sarah Anderson, Global Economic Policy Director at the Institute for Policy Studies, joined the Amer...
David Cooper, EPI | Matt Biggs, IFPTE
30 Oct 2025
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David Cooper, Director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network at the Economic Policy Institut...
Tom Buffenbarger, IAMAW | Barbara Robertson, AFSCME Local 1671
28 Oct 2025
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Tom Buffenbarger, former General President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerosp...
Greg Regan, TTD | Dave Spero, PASS National | Dante Woodson & Nick Coronado Teamsters Local 705
27 Oct 2025
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Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO (TTD), joined America's...
Alex Aguilar, LIUNA Local 724 | Donnie Blatt, USW District 1
24 Oct 2025
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Alex Aguilar, Secretary-Treasurer of LIUNA Local 724, the Hollywood Laborers Union, joined the Ameri...
Sandy Reding, NNU | Jana Blunt & Perry Siu & Paul Perryman, SEIU Local 1021
23 Oct 2025
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Sandy Reding, President of the California Nurses Association and Vice President of National Nurses U...
Pete Ielmini, LMCT | Frank Manzo, ILEPI
22 Oct 2025
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Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Trust, joined the Ame...
Melissa Cropper, OFT | Randi Weingarten, AFT
21 Oct 2025
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Patrick Moran, President of AFSCME Maryland Council 3 | Matt Gunup, President of SEIU Local 580
20 Oct 2025
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Jeff Stouffer, AL | Lisa Cutler, ARA
17 Oct 2025
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Jeff Stoffer, Director of Media and Communications for the American Legion, joined the America's W...
Max Page, Massachusetts Teachers Association | Pat Gallagher, North Coast Labor Federation
16 Oct 2025
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Max Page, President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, joined the America's Work Force Un...
Heidi Shierholz, EPI | Michael Pineda, SEIU UHW
15 Oct 2025
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Frank Mathews, CWA | Mary Cochran and Greg Bailey, Walters Art Museum
14 Oct 2025
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Frank Mathews, Administrative Director of District 4 for the Communication Workers of America, joine...
Justin Sloan, Bosworth Steel & Harvey Swift, IMPACT | Sarah Dziunycz, AFSCME
13 Oct 2025
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Justin Sloan, Safety Director at Bosworth Steel Erectors and Harvey Swift, Southern Regional Directo...
Millard Brown, Spring Health
10 Oct 2025
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Dr. Millard Brown, Chief Medical Officer at Spring Health, joined the America's Work Force Union Pod...
Adam Keller, VLR | Chris Baumann & Maribel MacBeth SEIU 32BJ
09 Oct 2025
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Doug Moore, UDW | Mike O’Reagan & Jason Burns, PFFM
08 Oct 2025
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Doug Moore, Executive Director of the United Domestic Workers (UDW), joined the America's Work Force...
Josh Smith, IAFF, Tim Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO
07 Oct 2025
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Josh Smith, Assistant to the General President of the International Association of Firefighters (IAF...
Randy Korgan, IBT | Zack Privette, CPFFL 1055
06 Oct 2025
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Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division and Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 1...
Dorsey Hager, C/COBCTC | Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO
03 Oct 2025
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Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction T...
Manja Horner, Boost | Valerie Wilson, EPI
02 Oct 2025
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Jennifer Abruzzo | NLRB
01 Oct 2025
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Jennifer Abruzzo, former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board and current senior ad...
Cristie Robles-Beilby & Taryn Cadena, Monterey Bay Aquarium Workers United | Tom Buffenbarger
30 Sep 2025
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Cristie Robles-Beilby and Taryn Cadena, aquarists at Monterey Bay Aquarium, joined the America's Wor...
Lindsey Tavares, AES | Merrilee Logue, NLO
29 Sep 2025
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Lindsey Tavares, Executive Director of the Apprenticeship Exploration School in Rhode Island, joined...
Amber Miller, USW | Jon Zumkehr, AFGE Local 4070
26 Sep 2025
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Amber Miller, Director of the United Steelworkers' Rapid Response Program, joined the America's Work...
Zaid Alrashid, CIR SEIU | Marleigh Flowers, Drake De Valcourt, MWWC
25 Sep 2025
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Pete Ielmini, Mechanical Insulators LMCT & Bill Petty | Ryan Pollock, TSBCTC
24 Sep 2025
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Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust and...
Will McKee & Chris Tillery, Sacramento Electrical Training Center | Chris Taylor, LIUNA Local 1098
23 Sep 2025
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Sacramento Electrical Training Center Instructor Will McKee and Training Director Chris Tillery join...
Hannah Kim & Danny Behar, SNL | Greg Regan. TTD AFL-CIO
22 Sep 2025
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Hannah Kim and Danny Behar, Visual Effects Artists at Saturday Night Live, joined the America's Work...
Jeff Stoffer, American Legion | Rich Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans
19 Sep 2025
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Jeff Stoffer, Director of Media and Communications for the American Legion, joined the America's Wor...
Jared Cassidy, SMART-TD | Davida Russell, North Coast Labor Federation
18 Sep 2025
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Jared Cassidy, National Safety and Legislative Director for the SMART Transportation Division, joine...
Anders Lindall and Myia Brown, AFSCME | Debbie Goldman, CWA
17 Sep 2025
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Myia Brown, President of AFSCME Local 35 and Anders Lindall, Public Affairs Director of AFSCME Illin...
Melissa Cropper, OFT | Kelly Goodman, Harvard University
16 Sep 2025
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Melissa Cropper, President of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, joined the America's Work Force Union...
Jennifer Sherer, Economic Policy Institute | Joel Suarez, Harvard University
15 Sep 2025
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Jennifer Sherer, Deputy Director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) at the Economi...
Andrew Strom, Labor Lawyer | Christopher Shaw, UC Berkeley
12 Sep 2025
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Andrew Strom, a labor lawyer based in New York City and Adjunct Professor at the Brooklyn Law School...
Alfred Munoz, Teamsters Local 396 | DMac Marquis, LAWCHA
11 Sep 2025
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Alfred Munoz, an Amazon Delivery Service Partner (DSP) driver and member of the International Brothe...
Erik Bernardino, Bates College | Anders Lindall & CeCe Phillips, AFSCME
10 Sep 2025
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Frank Mathews, CWA | Charlie Fanning, FSC
09 Sep 2025
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Frank Mathews, Administrative Director of District 4 for the Communication Workers of America, joine...
Trish Kahle, Georgetown University | Tim Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO
08 Sep 2025
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Dorsey Hager, C/COBCTC | Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO
05 Sep 2025
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Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction T...
Sarah McNamara, TAMU | Elena Lopez, CWA
04 Sep 2025
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This edition of Labor 131, presented by the National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Asso...
Dave Megenhardt, United Labor Agency | Justine Modica, Cornell
03 Sep 2025
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Dave Megenhardt, Executive Director of the United Labor Agency, joined the America’s Work Force Un...
Tom Buffenbarger, IAM | Eileen Boris, LACHA
02 Sep 2025
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Tom Buffenbarger, former General President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerosp...
Donna Haverty-Stacke, CUNY | Mike Knisley, OSBT
29 Aug 2025
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This edition of Labor 131, presented by the National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Asso...
Tina Wei, FIU | Merrilee Logue and Mark Talluto, BCBSA
29 Aug 2025
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Tina Wei, Assistant Professor of History at Florida International University, joined the America's W...
Kimberly Kam, ABOC | Steven Beda, University of Oregon
28 Aug 2025
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Hamilton Baiden, Youturn Health | John Shelton, AFT Wisconsin
27 Aug 2025
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Augustus Wood, UIUC | Syd Hyer, PCPSPA
26 Aug 2025
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This edition of Labor 131, presented by the National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Asso...
Kalani Kauwe, SEIU Local 1107 | Max Krochmal, UNO
25 Aug 2025
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Kalani Kauwe, a physical therapist and member of SEIU Local 1107, joined the America’s Work Force ...
Donnie Blatt, USW District 1 | Jesse Halvorsen, Labor 131
22 Aug 2025
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Donnie Blatt, District 1 Director of the United Steelworkers, joined the America's Work Force Union ...
Terry Mogilles and Heidi Tujague, NNU | Jeff Schuhrke, SUNY
21 Aug 2025
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Heidi Tujague and Terry Mogilles, registered nurses and members of National Nurses United (NNU), joi...
Kristine Kavanagh, Dale Pierson and Marty Durkan, IUOE Local 150 | Jason Resnikoff, University of Groningen
20 Aug 2025
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Operating Engineers Local 150 representatives Dale Pierson, Kristine Kavanagh and Marty Durkan joine...
Melissa Cropper, Ohio Federation of Teachers | Tom Alter, TSU
19 Aug 2025
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Melissa Cropper, President of the Ohio Federation of Teachers and Secretary-Treasurer of the Ohio AF...
Stacey Smith, OSU | Jeff Stoffer, American Legion
18 Aug 2025
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Today’s edition of Labor 131, presented by the National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield...
James Benton, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor | Pat Gallagher, USW
15 Aug 2025
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Martin O’Malley, SSA | Ian Fritz, IATSE Local 415
14 Aug 2025
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Today’s edition of Labor 131, presented by the National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield...
Andrew Strom, NLRB | Tom Suhrbur, ILHS
13 Aug 2025
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Andrew Strom, labor lawyer and adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School, joined the America's Work F...
Frank Mathews, CWA | Jessie Wilkerson, University of Tennessee
12 Aug 2025
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Today’s edition of Labor 131, presented by the National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield...
Lauren Braun-Strumfels, Cedar Crest College | Jenny Bueno, UAW
11 Aug 2025
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This edition of Labor 131, presented by the National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Asso...
Andrea Ringer, TSU (131) | Rob Dorans ACT Ohio
08 Aug 2025
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Today’s edition of Labor 131, presented by the National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield...
Carie Rael, LAWCHA | Tim Smith, UAW
07 Aug 2025
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Rudi Batzell, UAW | Ken Margolies, Union Search
06 Aug 2025
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This edition of Labor 131, presented by the National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Asso...
Tim Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO | D. Caleb Smith, Mount Holyoke College
05 Aug 2025
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Justin Jackson, UMass Amherst | Jennifer Bacon and Alan Bond, IATSE Local 15
04 Aug 2025
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Dorsey Hager, C/COBCTC | Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO
01 Aug 2025
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Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction T...
Rushab Sanghvi, AFGE | Merrilee Logue, NLO, and Duncan Lawson, BCBSA
31 Jul 2025
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Rushab Sanghvi, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) General Counsel, joined the Ameri...
Jason Walsh, BlueGreen Alliance | Dave Jamieson, HuffPost
30 Jul 2025
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Brandon Mancilla, UAW | Jean Thielen, Trevor Project
29 Jul 2025
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Sarah Elmaleh, SAG-AFTRA | Greg Regan, AFL-CIO (TTD)
28 Jul 2025
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Doreen Greenwald & April Goggans NTEU | Steve Sallman USW
25 Jul 2025
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Doreen Greenwald, National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and April Gogga...
Maya C. Miller, CalMatters | Terrance Hall, SEIU Local 1
24 Jul 2025
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Pete Ielmini, Mechanical Insulators LMCT | Jerry Womick, LIUNA Local 773
23 Jul 2025
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Mark Wallace, BLET | Tom Buffenbarger
22 Jul 2025
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Mark Wallace, National President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), joi...