Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Columbus Building Trades and Nana Watson, President, Columbus NAACP | Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO

Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, and Nana Watson, President of the Columbus National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), both appeared on America’s Work Force Union Podcast. They discussed diversity, equity and inclusion in Central Ohio. They explained how the building trades and NAACP partnered for the Building Futures and Driving Futures Programs. The talk also turned to recently passed legislation by the Columbus City Council that created a Community Benefits Advisory Board and the city’s promotion of a database featuring female-owned and minority-owned contractors.

Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, joined America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the Chris Gardner Foundation’s “Permission to Dream” initiative, which promotes alternative career paths instead of college. He also discussed the Battle of Homestead Foundation and how knowledge of labor history would benefit the younger generation.