--- title: Ohio AFL-CIO President Speaks on Workers Rights description: Tim Burga, President of the Ohio AFL-CIO and Rich Cordray, former Ohio Attorney General spoke with America's Work Force Radio Podcast. image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AWF-AFL-CIO-twitter-2.png --- 1 min read Season 3, Episode 41 # Ohio AFL-CIO President Speaks on Workers Rights [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) June 2, 2020 [America's Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/americas-work-force-union-podcast) [AFL-CIO](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/afl-cio) ![AFL-CIO-Logo_400x400](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AFL-CIO-Logo_400x400.jpeg?width=400&name=AFL-CIO-Logo_400x400.jpeg)   Guest Name: --- Tim Burga Guest Website: --- [aflcio.org](https://aflcio.org/get-local/ohio) Guest Social Media: --- [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/aflcio) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/@ohioaflcio) [ LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/afl-cio) [ LinkedIn (Personal)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-hart-60741613) Supportive Documents: --- Tim Burga, President of the Ohio AFL-CIO spoke with America’s Work Force Radio Podcast on June 2 to discuss his op-ed on supporting the working person. ![AFL-CIO](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AWF-AFL-CIO-twitter-300x150-3.png?width=250&height=130&name=AWF-AFL-CIO-twitter-300x150-3.png)Burga spoke about what needs to be done to protect workers and how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed how workers protections are thin or absent. He explained how during the COVID-19 pandemic, employers have done the bare minimum to improve working conditions and have been slow, if at all, to provide workers with personal protective equipment. Burga continued by saying workers need to amplify their collective voice so their demands for better safety standards in the workplace can be met. He then spoke about how some workers are scared to work because they do not believe their employers are doing enough to ensure their safety. Burga said employees can report their employer and take them to court to decide if they are eligible for unemployment or not depending on the safety of their work environment. Lastly, he spoke about the AFL-CIO’s endorsement of Joe Biden for President of the United States. ![Richard Cordray](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Richard_Cordray_official_portrait-265x300.jpg?width=250&height=281&name=Richard_Cordray_official_portrait-265x300.jpg)Richard Cordray, former Ohio Attorney General and former First Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau spoke about consumer protection, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. He spoke about his book “Watchdog,” which addresses people being cheated and mistreated by financial companies and how to combat it. Cordray then spoke about irresponsible lending during the pandemic and how it has led to economic downturn and economic crisis. Finally, he addressed the unemployment numbers. AWF host Ed “Flash” Ferenc spoke about the end of Amazon employees hazard pay and how they still deserve the pay and increased safety standards while working. --- 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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