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Greg Regan (Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO) / Brad Britton (UA Local 565)
America’s Work Force Union Podcast
English - February 28, 2022 21:16 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBusiness News News Politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Helena Worthen (Working Class Perspective) / Roy Houseman (USW)
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 565 Business Manager Brad Britton joined the AWF Podcast and discussed how the 2016 repeal of West Virginia’s Prevailing Wage law has hurt the state’s building trades, taxpayers and local economies. Furthermore, he explained how construction industry license requirement cuts have created a “race to the bottom” mentality within the industry.
Greg Regan, Transportation Trades Department President of the AFL-CIO, also appeared on the podcast and spoke about issues within the railroad industry. Instead of focusing on delivering results, the hedge funds who control the railroads are focused on cutting costs by running bare bones crews, which helped lead to the nation’s current supply chain crisis.