Liz Shuler (AFL-CIO) / Dave Wondolowski (Cleveland BCTC)

America’s Work Force Union Podcast

English - October 14, 2020 16:11 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Previous Episode: Frank Mathews (CWA) / Vicki O’Leary (IW) / Wayne Creasap (IW)

Next Episode: John Nichols (The Nation Magazine) / Tom Kriger, PhD. (NABTU) / Eric Gordon (Cleveland Metropolitan School District)

Our first guest on America’s Work Force Union Podcast today AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler. She discussed her history in organizing clerical workers and working her way up the ladder in the IBEW, how she became the highest ranking woman in labor federation history and finally the NABTU Tradeswomen Build Nations virtual conference.

The second guest to speak with host Ed “Flash” Ferenc today was Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary Dave Wondolowski. Wondolowski spoke about construction projects that will take place in Cleveland, Ohio in 2021, the hundreds of jobs they will create for construction workers and women in the building trades.