Episode

UPTE-CWA Tech Worker Win and OFT's Voucher Fight and First Contract Success

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America’s Work Force Union Podcast
Published
Jun 17, 2026
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2414
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Summary

UPTE-CWA President Dan Russell discusses organizing 2,100 UC tech workers into the largest tech bargaining unit in the country and why getting organized before a mass AI rollout is the union’s most pressing next step. Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper covers AFT’s Devices Down, Eyes Up school technology vision, Ohio’s billion-dollar voucher accountability fight and five first contract victories — including the first KIPP charter school contract in the country — with a confident update on the Columbus Metropolitan Library election now underway.