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Beatrice speaks with Jane Thomason of National Nurses United (NNU) about the Trump administration’s disbanding of the CDC’s HICPAC committee, the body that oversees infection control practices across the healthcare industry — and a committee that Jane was briefly involved with as part of an advisory workgroup since last summer. We also discuss the Trump administration’s staggering cuts across NIOSH, a key agency for workplace health and safety protections, and their significance within the broader “MAHA” agenda.

Find NNU's call to action letter about NIOSH here:
https://nnu.org/saveniosh

Jane Thomason is NNU’s lead industrial hygienist. She was last on the show in March 2024 and August 2023 to speak about a campaign against proposed infection control cuts being considered by HICPAC, after which she was added to a HICPAC workgroup that May. Jane returns today now that, with HICPAC disbanded, she’s once again able to speak more openly about committee deliberations.

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Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Find Phil's new book, Counting Like a State, here: kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639687/

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The Pro-Infection Presidency w/ Jane Thomason

In this episode of "What Does the Fox Say?" with host Dr. Nathan Fox, we cover questions regarding how to manage anxiety with subsequent pregnancies following miscarriage, postpartum hypothyrodism, whether or not augmentation is always needed for failed BPP during labor, at what age a woman is considered to be at advanced maternal age, whether or not women can drink energy drinks while pregnant, and how the the baby's positioning and movements in the womb change from trimester to trimester.

"Mailbag 21: What does the Fox say" - With Dr. Nathan Fox

Investment in construction has been sluggish over the past year - mostly from elevated interest rates, higher costs, and economic uncertainty. How has this downward trend impacted the overall economy. How could things turn around in the next year, especially now that the One Big Beautiful Bill (OB3) has been signed into law? Nationwide's Senior Economist Ben Ayers and Economist Daniel Vielhaber share their insight into recent economic trends in the construction industry. [NFM-22911AO]

Construction Industry Outlook

Commercial Banking SVP Doug McClure sees cautious optimism in the economy, with lower recession odds and slowly easing inflation. Businesses still face challenges of tariffs and labor gaps but are focusing on retention, automation and growth. Despite global pressures, local markets remain hopeful and forward-looking.

07/25/2025: Doug McClure - Strategic Growth Helping Businesses Through Uncertainty

Don't Grow Weary

The 2025 Washington State Labor Council Convention took place July 22nd - 24th at the Vancouver Hilton. As The Stand put it (https://www.thestand.org/2025/07/convention-2025-our-voice-our-power-our-movement/) those three days "strengthened bonds of solidarity, grew skillsets, and celebrated the powerful resiliency of a movement by and for working people."

Over the course of those three days Harold hit the Convention floor and talked with other Delegates including

Ryan Andreas (USW Local 289m - https://usw.org/)
Joe Bond (IBEW Local 48 - https://www.ibew48.com/)
Ava Claridge (AFSCME Local 443 - https://www.wfselocal443.org/)
Rik Desken (SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local - https://www.sagaftra.org/seattle)
Dustin Hysmith (SMART Local 16 - https://www.smw16.org/)
C Moline (NALC Branch 79 - https://nalc79.org/ - and Washington Young Emerging Labor Leaders - https://www.instagram.com/washington_yell/)
Nate Omdal (AFM Local 76-493 - https://local76-493.org/)
Chuck Pirtle (AFSCME 1181 - https://www.facebook.com/WFSELocal1181/ - and the Kitsap County Central Labor Council - https://unionhall.aflcio.org/kitsapcountyclc)
Tony Zemple (IUOE Local 302 - https://www.iuoe302.org/  - and the Northwest Washington Central Labor Council - https://www.nwwclc.com/)

about the big moments that stood out to them during the event, their impressions of Vancouver, and why working people who aren't in a union (yet) should care about what happens at state Labor Federation Conventions.

If you'd like to hear some of the speeches the Delegates mentioned when they talked to Harold, check out TVW's coverage of
Day 1 (https://tvw.org/video/washington-state-labor-council-constitutional-convention-2025071064/) and 
Day 2 (https://tvw.org/video/washington-state-labor-council-constitutional-convention-2025071065/) 
of the WSLC Convention.

This episode is sponsored by Union Plus's Unions Power America Sweepstakes, which offers union members across the country the chance to win $40,000.00 and a dream trip to New York City! No purchase is necessary; find out all the details and official rules at https://unionpowerusa.com.

Remember working people in Southwest Washington, this is YOUR podcast! Email us at podcast@swwaclc.org and let us know what you think about the show, and what you'd like to hear in future episodes! 

We're a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network - find more radio shows and podcasts that speak to working people about working people's issues at www.LaborRadioNetwork.org.

Ground Zero For Worker Protections: Voices From The 2025 WSLC Convention

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on July 29, 2025, showed 7.44 million jobs open in the United States at the end of June, a decrease from May’s number of 7.71 million, the highest number of job openings since November 2024. 

The lingering effects of the 11 interest rate hikes in 2022 and 2023 to combat inflation are one factor creating momentum changes in the U.S. job market. Another is the uncertainty resulting from the trade wars brought on after the 2025 change in presidential administration. 

Some of the many diverse elements affecting the American labor market include automation, artificial intelligence, energy transition and, more recently, the deportation of laborers in various fields. Other important talking points around employment include the future of wages, benefits, workers’ rights and unions. Virginia Parks, UC Irvine professor of urban planning and public policy, will address each of these topics in this episode of The UC Irvine Podcast. She’ll also give advice to young people making the daunting decision about what they should do for a living – and share how the UC Irvine Labor Center can help.

“Confliction & Catharsis,” the music for this episode, was provided by Asher Fulero, via the audio library in YouTube Studio.

The past, present and future of labor

This week marks the 60th anniversary of Medicare. To mark the occasion, even as the Trump administration continues to assail health programs, today we bring you a DP classic: A Death Panel History of Medicare, originally released for patrons on July 5th, 2021.

This week we also released a big rundown of the healthcare cuts in Trump's budget bill and what it means for the health struggle ahead. Find that episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/welfare-for-07-135176028

Original description: In today's episode, we survey the extremely messy history that led to the passage of original Medicare, the role private insurers and other industry groups played in its creation, and some of its unintended consequences we live with to this day.

To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Find Phil's new book, Counting Like a State, here: kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639687/

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A Death Panel History of Medicare (Re-Air)

Chris Holman welcomes back Stephanie Beckhorn,  Director, Employment & Training, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO)

Topic: New Report: Michigan is #3 in the Nation for Helping Residents Get Employed!

Can you tell us a little bit about LEO’s Office of Employment and Training?

The Office of Employment & Training released its annual report this week. What are some of the key findings from that report?

What are the key programs making the findings in this report possible?

Just last year, LEO unveiled the state’s first-ever Michigan Statewide Workforce Plan. How does the work of the Office of Employment and Training support this plan?

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Michigan ranks #1 nationally in adult credential attainment and serves more job seekers than any other Midwest state
New report highlights Michigan’s work to grow businesses, support talent and strengthen communities
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan helps more people access employment services than any other state in the Midwest, leads the nation in adult credential attainment and ranks #3 nationally for helping adults get jobs. These are among the highlights in the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s (LEO) 2024 Employment and Training Annual Report which was released today.

The report shows how workforce programs across the state are supporting business growth, strengthening communities and helping attract and keep talent to fill in-demand jobs.

LEO’s Office of Employment and Training works closely with Adult Education providers, Community Rehabilitation Programs, the Michigan Works! network and other partners to offer support and services to individuals and businesses across the state. Their Bureau of Services for Blind Persons, Michigan Rehabilitation Services and Workforce Development served more than 346,000 individuals and 7,928 Michigan businesses in 2024.

“Building a strong, inclusive economy starts with ensuring every Michigander has access to opportunity,” said LEO Director Susan Corbin. “That’s why the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons, Michigan Rehabilitation Services and Workforce Development are so vital. Their collaborative efforts help break down barriers to employment and open doors for individuals of all abilities. Together, we’re creating a workforce where everyone can contribute, succeed and thrive.”

According to the report, nearly 200,000 participants in Employment and Training programs secured employment in 2024, with more than 84,000 individuals receiving employment-related training and about 27,700 earning industry-recognized credentials.

“Our work within the Office of Employment and Training plays a critical role in delivering customized workforce solutions that help create brighter futures for all Michiganders, including individuals with disabilities,” said Stephanie Beckhorn, Deputy Director of LEO’s Office of Employment and Training. “These efforts are helping Michiganders achieve financial security, empowering businesses to grow and strengthen communities across our state. But our work doesn’t stop here. We remain committed to innovation and continuous improvement so everyone has the opportunity to succeed and make it in Michigan.” 

Helping Michiganders with Disabilities Achieve Success

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons’ accomplishments in 2024 include:

1,517 individuals served
1,079 Michiganders trained
625,607 audiobooks disseminated
$8.4 million gross sales for Business Enterprise Program operators
Michigan Rehabilitation Services develops customized workforce and training solutions for businesses and individuals with disabilities to engage and prepare for employment...

Michigan Business Beat | Stephine Beckhorn, LEO Michigan is #3 for Helping Residents Get Employed!

Today on American Indian Airwaves, tune in and hear William I. Robinson speak on his book, War, Global Capitalism, and Resistance (2024), the systematic militarization against immigrants in the United States, global capitalism’s crisis and how the transnational capitalist class structures predatory mechanisms of settler colonial violence against Mother Earth, Indigenous peoples such as in Palestine, working peoples, and ecological systems as we know it. In addition, tune in to hear about how the legacy of capitalism’s violence through digital technologies are producing cheaper labor (“surplus humanity”), and how the capitalist system forms the basis for the non-renewable resource extractive industries comportment with the Green Economy and Green Capitalism. All this and more on today’s AIA program. 

Guest: 
William Robinson, professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), affiliated with the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, and with the Global and International Studies Program at UCSB. He is the author of several books, including War, Global Capitalism, and Resistance (2024), Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic (2022), and The Global Police State (2020), Global Capitalism and the Crises of Humanity (2014) and We Will Not Be Silenced (2017). Robinson joins us for the first part of three-part interview on his brand-new book, Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic (2022). 

Archived programs can be heard on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp

American Indian Airwaves streams on over ten podcasting platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Audible, Backtracks.fm, Gaana, Google Podcast, Fyyd, iHeart Media, Mixcloud, Player.fm, Podbay.fm, Podcast Republic, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tunein, YouTube, and more.


War, Global Capitalism, and Resistance on Mother Earth

Praying With The Eyes is a ministry of Family of Christ Lutheran Church in Colorado Springs which combines the beauty of God's Word with the beauty of his creation.

American Indian Airwaves (AIA), an Indigenous public affairs radio porgram and, perhaps, the longest running Native American radio program within both Indigenous and the United States broadcast communication histories. Also, AIA broadcast weekly every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 Los Angeles (http://www.kpfk.org).  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aiacr


American Indian Airwaves is produced in Burntswamp Studios and started broadcasting on March 1st, 1973 on KPFK in order to give Indigenous peoples and their respective First Nations a voice about the continuous struggles against Settler Colonialism and imperialism by the occupying and settler societies often referred to as the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Latin and South America countries located therein.

American Indian Airwaves operates as an all-volunteer collective with no corporate sponsorship and no underwriters.

The Home of Business in Michigan. Get on-demand access to audio programs, articles and resources presented by savvy business leaders and industry experts.

Some of Associated Bank's most well-respected financial leaders offer their analysis of current events in the financial world. You won't want to miss these conversations. From discussing local commercial real estate to assessing national and global economic trends to dissecting political implications on the banking industry – anything is fair game.

Politics, culture, and public policy from the left. Stay alive another week.

w/ Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant, Phil Rocco and Jules Gill-Peterson. 

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About the University of California, Irvine: Founded in 1965, UCI is the youngest member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced three Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UCI has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. For more on UCI, visit www.uci.edu.

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