Thomas Fisher (SMART Local 441) / Ryan Bennett (UA Local 174)
America’s Work Force Union Podcast
English - October 31, 2022 20:30 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBusiness News News Politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Thomas Fisher, Business Manager and Financial Secretary of Sheet Metal Workers Local 441, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed how supply chain shortages have caused a decrease in the work hours of his membership. He also spoke about how the skillset of sheet metal workers help them adapt to new work opportunities with their craft.
UA Local 174 Business Manager/Financial Secretary-Treasurer Ryan Bennett appeared on the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and spoke about the struggle to elect more union-friendly politicians to the Michigan legislature in an effort to rescind So-Called “Right to Work” laws that were enacted in 2013.