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

America’s Work Force Union Podcast

English - September 15, 2020 19:01 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Previous Episode: Marcy Goldstein-Gelb (National Council of Occupational Safety and Health) / Sue McConnell (Better Business Bureau) / Lucas Franco (LiUNA)

Next Episode: REUPLOAD: Labor Day special featuring AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Our first featured guest today on America’s Work Force Union Podcast was Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper. Cropper spoke about issues with standardized testing, the fight to limit new private school vouchers and various other education related topics.

Debbie Berkowitz, Worker Safety and Health program director for the National Employment Law Project (NELP) was the second featured guest today on the podcast. She discussed her time spent working with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and comparing how pandemics were dealt with in the past compared to now, OSHA’s lack of response to worker complaints and how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed how weak worker rights really are.