Rita Lewis, Activist, Widow of Teamsters Local 100 President Butch Lewis | Frank Manzo, Executive Director, Illinois Economic Policy Institute

Rita Lewis, the widow activist of the late Local 100 Teamster President Butch Lewis, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and explained the story of the passage of the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021. She detailed how the imminent collapse of various multi-employer pension funds took a toll on the health of her husband and how, after his passing, she felt compelled to pick up the torch and continue her late husband's work to lobby Congress for pension relief.

Illinois Economic Policy Institute Executive Director Frank Manzo appeared on the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed an IEPI study of six states that repealed Prevailing Wage laws and the impact it had on construction workers, businesses and communities. According Manzo, the study found the repeal of Prevailing Wage created a  multitude of unforeseen financial consequences and did not save taxpayers money.