Judy Danella, President, USW Local 4-200 | Todd Vachon, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers AAUP-AFT

America’s Work Force Union Podcast

English - May 15, 2023 19:58 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Previous Episode: Bart Pantoja, Business Manager and Secretary-Treasurer, San Mateo Building and Construction Trades Council | Joyce Goldstein, Labor Lawyer

Next Episode: Melissa Cropper, President, Ohio Federation of Teachers | Hattie Adams, President, CSEA Unit 9200

Judy Danella, President of the United Steelworkers Local 4-200, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss ongoing nursing staff shortage in New Jersey. Danella also discussed safe staffing practices, hoping to approve nurse-to-patient ratios and the gathering of nurses in Trenton on May 11 to support safe staffing. She also discussed travel nurses and the difference between a travel nurse and a nurse that is working in the area where they live.

Executive Council member of the Rutgers American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers, Todd Vachon, returned to the the America’s Work Force Union Podcast. Vachon discussed the new contract resolution that all three striking unions have agreed upon, the difficulties of organizing and communicating for three unions during negotiations and the results of Common Good negotiations.