# force union (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover force union. Page: Feed: --- ## [9/11 at 25, US Shipbuilding and the 2032 Social Security Cliff](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/911-at-25-us-shipbuilding-and-the-2032-social-security-cliff/) _2026-08-21 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ Two conversations that connect the service of the past to the policy fights of the present — one honoring those who answered the call after September 11, and one sounding the alarm about a Social Security funding cliff that Congress has the tools to prevent but has not yet used. American Legion Media and Communications Director Henry Howard joins with the September update as the 25th anniversary… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bhrdmumhbz5rhze5/08-21-26_Mixdown_26n1tw.mp3) ## [Bill McCamley on Wage Theft, Labor History and the Trades Crisis](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/bill-mccamley-on-wage-theft-labor-history-and-the-trades-crisis/) _2026-08-20 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ In 1806, members of America's first labor union were found guilty of criminal conspiracy for demanding higher wages. In 2017, wage theft cost 2.4 million workers more than $8 billion. Today, construction workers die by overdose at approximately 16 times the rate of conventional workplace accidents. The fight for a fair day's wage is 232 years old and still going. On today's episode of America's… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7f3jq3f74iyz43tt/08-20-26_Mixdown_1b5tlq.mp3) ## [Medicare for All History, Head Start Cuts and Ohio's Education Fight](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/medicare-for-all-history-head-start-cuts-and-ohios-education-fight/) _2026-08-19 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ Two conversations that connect the long arc of labor's fight for workers and their families to the battles happening right now — one tracing a century of organized labor's role in winning healthcare coverage for Americans and one reporting from the front lines of public education in Ohio as the school year begins. National Nurses United Medicare for All Campaign Director Jasmine Ruddy traces the… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pn2ubuda3bz2cx7a/08-19-26_Mixdown_29krbr.mp3) ## [SMART Union and Union EAP on Mental Health Support That Actually Works](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/smart-union-and-union-eap-on-mental-health-support-that-actually-works/) _2026-08-18 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ They audited the EAP numbers. They called them. One program — marketing comprehensive mental health services — told them it did not do mental health when faced with a complex case. That is when SMART's Chris Carlough and Union EAP's Ben Cort knew something had to be built from scratch. On today's episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast, SMART Director of Wellness and Mental Health Support… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/b58vrszhzvg5p6am/08-18-26_Mixdown_1a6p7f.mp3) ## [Cleveland Teachers Fight Back and 100 Years of American Labor Law](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/cleveland-teachers-fight-back-and-100-years-of-american-labor-law/) _2026-08-17 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ Two conversations that connect the labor movement's past to its present — one showing what union solidarity looks like in action today and one tracing the legal history that explains why that solidarity is still so necessary. Cleveland Teachers Union President Errol Savage discusses his first day in office — the same day the district announced 310 teacher layoffs — and how he responded the only… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5xn83kdkeqkub3e4/08-17-26_Mixdown_191o7j.mp3) ## [CA Building Trades on Proposition 45 and the November Fight](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/ca-building-trades-on-proposition-45-and-the-november-fight/) _2026-08-14 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ It is being marketed as a permitting reform and affordability act. But the 41 pages of California's Proposition 45 bypass the state's landmark environmental review law, strip local elected officials of meaningful discretion over what gets built in their communities, include no requirement that any savings reach the public and contain a provision that overrides any conflicting law — including… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cpnpu8r7ugfz3xk8/08-14-26_Mixdown_269747.mp3) ## [LHSFNA on Trench Safety, Work Zones and OSHA Under Pressure](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/lhsfna-on-trench-safety-work-zones-and-osha-under-pressure/) _2026-08-13 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ About one construction worker dies in a trench collapse every week. Every death is preventable. Work zone run-over and back-over incidents are also preventable. And the federal agency responsible for enforcing the rules that would stop these deaths just had its already-thin resources cut further. On today's episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast, Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qk2my3e4jeq3cjc2/08-13-26_Mixdown_1a0lfp.mp3) ## [CWA's Frank Mathews on Union History and the Story of Red on Thursday](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/cwas-frank-mathews-on-union-history-and-the-story-of-red-on-thursday/) _2026-08-12 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ In August 1989, CWA chief steward Gerry Horgan was struck and killed by a replacement worker driving through a picket line during the NYNEX strike in New York. He was a Marine, a volunteer firefighter, a mountain rescue team member and a family man who gave everything for working people. Since that day, CWA members have worn red on Thursdays in his honor. August 15 marks the 37th anniversary of… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nq9zutfmc7uu9aj4/08-12-26_Mixdown_19wqmd.mp3) ## [BAC's Tim Driscoll on Labor Law, AI, Immigration and Misclassification](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/bacs-tim-driscoll-on-labor-law-ai-immigration-and-misclassification/) _2026-08-11 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ More than 30% of union election wins never produce a first contract. Not because workers gave up. Because employers face no real punishment for running out the clock. The BAC has two active situations in California and Florida, where employers have been delaying for two years with zero consequences. On today's Trades Day episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast, International Union of… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tnj82fks3n9vda32/08-11-26_Mixdown_1_Revised9oc93.mp3) ## [TSA Administrator Cummins, Transit Funding and Ohio's Labor History](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/tsa-administrator-cummins-transit-funding-and-ohios-labor-history/) _2026-08-10 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ Two conversations that connect the fights of the past to the fights happening right now — one tracking the policy battles shaping transportation workers today and one tracing the 200-year labor history that explains why those battles keep coming. Transportation Trades Department President Greg Regan discusses the TTD's concerns about newly confirmed TSA Administrator David Cummins, who has said… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yzdnavq673qbn9dp/08-10-26_Mixdown_18diex.mp3) ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jbB94RoPfsmW) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## [Fred Redmond on Family, 50 Years With the Steelworkers and Organizing](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/fred-redmond-on-family-50-years-with-the-steelworkers-and-organizing/) _2026-08-07 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ His mother took three buses every morning to clean houses in the suburbs. His father worked every job he could find until he landed his first union contract at an aluminum mill on Chicago's southwest side. Then Fred Redmond's family started going to a doctor's office instead of the free clinic. That is why the labor movement is personal to him — and why he has given more than 50 years to it. On… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jx39fu4ma6jfc39c/08-07-26_Mixdown_197qsq.mp3) ## [C/COBCTC on Data Centers, a New Learning Center and Trades Outreach](https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/ccobctc-on-data-centers-a-new-learning-center-and-trades-outreach/) _2026-08-06 · America’s Work Force Union Podcast_ Columbus just landed Electra's $850 million EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-electric aircraft manufacturing plant at AirPark Ohio, is building a $100 million early childhood learning center on a former jail site and generated 6.5 million union building trades work hours at Google facilities alone last year. And the American Federation of Labor was founded downtown in 1886. On today's Trades Day episode of… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ydrn8zriewt5tikx/08-06-26_Mixdown_16ktda.mp3)