Lucas Franco (LiUNA)

America’s Work Force Union Podcast

English - September 14, 2020 19:33 - 54 minutes - 100 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Previous Episode: Thomas Hart (IUOE Local 94) / Joyce Goldstein (Goldstein Gragel) / Jim Cullen (The Progressive Populist)

Next Episode: Melissa Cropper (OFT-AFT) / Debbie Berkowitz (National Employment Law Project)

National Council of Occupational Safety and Health Co-Executive Director Marcy Goldstein-Gelb joined America’s Work Force Union Podcast today to discuss essential workers being fired for requesting personal protective equipment or suggesting safer work protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, shortcomings of OSHA and their lack of enforcement on new emergency safety standards and how complaints about companies ignoring new safety standards and regulations falling on deaf ears at OSHA.

Cleveland Better Business Bureau President Sue McConnell was the second featured guest on the podcast today. She informed listeners of three scams to be on the lookout for.

The third and final guest today on America’s Work Force Union Podcast was Lucas Franco, research manager for LiUNA Minnesota and North Dakota. Franco spoke about energy transfer from coal and fossil fuels to renewable and clean energy, good paying union jobs and hiring local workers for these major projects.