--- title: As more union members join Intel project Central Ohio gets more work description: The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Dorsey Hager from the C/CO BCTC joined us on today’s show. image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/ColumbusCentral%20Ohio%20BCTC%20red%20Mic.jpg --- 1 min read Season 5, Episode 179 # As more union members join Intel project Central Ohio gets more work [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) September 6, 2024 [America's Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/americas-work-force-union-podcast) [AWF](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/awf) [Columbus/Central Ohio BCTC](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/columbus-central-ohio-bctc) ![CCO BCTC](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AmericasWorkForce/sponsor%20logos/CCO%20BCTC.jpg?width=1000&height=1000&name=CCO%20BCTC.jpg)   Guest Name: --- Dorsey Hager Guest Website: --- [C/CO BCTC](https://columbusconstruction.org/)  Guest Social Media: --- [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BuildCentralOH) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/BuildCentralOH) [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmO28tKHSe2jWKul3qmQK2A/videos) [ LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/) Supportive Documents: --- Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the [Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council](https://columbusconstruction.org/), joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to provide an update on the Intel megaproject in Central Ohio. He also discussed the need for better infrastructure in Central Ohio and their Labor Day community event. Hager provided an update on the union construction work underway in Central Ohio. He discussed the status of the Intel project, which has almost 2,000 union members currently working on site. As the work continues to ramp up, Hager expects 2,500 affiliated members on-site before the end of the year.  Several questions have been raised about the need for better infrastructure and improved transportation measures in Central Ohio. Hager discussed the issues and potential legislation to assist this effort. This will be crucial to sustaining the region’s growth over the next decade, he added. Finally, Hager discussed Labor Night at the Clippers on Labor Day. The event featured several members of C/CO BCTC getting together at the local minor league baseball game to build camaraderie. He discussed his costumed adventure during the event and how it served as a great finish to Labor’s night in the community. For more information from Hager, listen to the show above. --- America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. America’s Work Force is committed to providing an accessible venue in which America's workers and their families can hear discussion on important, relevant topics such as employment, healthcare, legislative action, labor-management relations, corporate practices, finances, local and national politics, consumer reports and labor issues. 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