Bill Samuel (AFL-CIO) / Kalitha Williams (Policy Matters Ohio)

AFL-CIO Government Affairs Director Bill Samuel was the first featured guest today on the AWF Union Podcast. He spoke about the NLRB and President Biden signing an executive order to enforce an Emergency Temporary Standard regarding COVID-19 and frontline workers, priority for stimulus checks, unemployment insurance and more.

Kalitha Williams, Project Director for Policy Matters Ohio continued her conversation with Ed “Flash” Ferenc about the need to regulate predatory payday lending. She explained who the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is and how they can combat payday lenders with regulations.