--- title: Mathews discusses which candidates support union workers description: The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Frank Mathews from CWA District 4 joined us on today’s show. image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/AmericasWorkForce/featured%20images/AWF-blog-image-CWA-DC4-Blue.jpg --- Season 5, Episode 201 # Mathews discusses which candidates support union workers [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) October 8, 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) [Communications Workers of America](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/communications-workers-of-america) ![AWF-Blogo-Logos-Template-400x400_cwa](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AmericasWorkForce/podcast%20logos/AWF-Blogo-Logos-Template-400x400_cwa.png?width=400&height=400&name=AWF-Blogo-Logos-Template-400x400_cwa.png)   Guest Name: --- Frank Mathews Guest Website: --- [CWA District 4](https://cwad4.org/)  [Striking CWA Workers](https://cwa-union.org/strike-att?utm_source=cwa&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=home1d3att#how)  Guest Social Media: --- CWA District 4 [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/cwad4) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/D4Cwa) CWA [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/CWAUnion/) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/cwaunion) Supportive Documents: --- Frank Mathews, Administrative Director for [District 4](https://cwad4.org/) of the [Communications Workers of America (CWA)](https://cwa-union.org/), joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss which Presidential candidate and which Ohio Senate candidate will better support working Americans.  Mathews spoke with host Ed “Flash” Ferenc about the Presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. He provided his thoughts on why Harris is the better choice for union members. The discussion then turned to Ohio’s U.S. Senate race between Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and challenger Bernie Moreno. Mathews gave multiple examples of how Brown has fought for working families. Lastly, Mathews explained what Issue 1 in Ohio is and what is at stake with this initiative to change Ohio’s Constitution. To hear more about these topics, listen to the episode 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. 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