Dorsey Hager (Columbus/Central Ohio BCTC) / Fred Redmond (AFL-CIO) / Senator Sherrod Brown

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act and the jobs it will bring to Ohio. He also spoke about the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, which he sponsored. 

Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager made his monthly appearance on the AWF Union Podcast and spke about the Honda and LG electric vehicle battery plant that will be built in Fayette County. He also provided an update on the Intel project and discussed the need to grow preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs in order to mee the demands of Central Ohio’s construction boom.

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond was a guest on the AWF Union Podcast and discussed the need to get out the labor vote for next week’s mid-term elections. He also talked about the efforts of the AFL-CIO to help members of the labor movement run for political office.