
← America’s Work Force Union Podcast5 oct · 49 min
32BJ SEIU on BWI Airport Workers and IAM's Buffenbarger on AI and Work
32BJ SEIU Executive Vice President Jaime Contreras discusses the campaign to amend Maryland’s Secure Maryland Wage Act to raise wages, add employer-paid healthcare and establish paid time off for more than 1,000 BWI airport contracted workers who currently earn $17 an hour with no benefits, alongside Governor Wes Moore’s commitment to emergency legislation and his own path from undocumented teenager to US Navy veteran and union leader. IAM retired International President Tom Buffenbarger discusses what an architect told him about AI compressing months of design work into minutes, what TVA members described about manufacturing plants being designed for a future with minimal human workers and where the durable jobs are most likely to be found.