Building Trades Stories podcast: Recent Episodes
Jim Dedelow
Dan Brown, a retired Carpenters 599 business agent, and Jim Dedelow, a media owner who used to work at Laborers 41, talk to men and women in the construction trades.
Ron Ware is third-generation Ironworker and head of Local 395. He's also the president of the NWI Building Trades Council, which is a group of 13 trades. Ron sits down with JED (Jim Dedelow) and his uncle, Dan Brown, to talk about his experience in the Ironworkers and with the other trades.
Tish Roach, executive director of the Building Contruction Resource Center, talks with JED and Dan Brown about drug testing, drug awareness, and work place safety. Tish is fifth generation Building Trades.
Marty Walsh comes out of Laborers 223 in Boston and was head of the Building Trades there. Now he's the Sec. of Labor for President Joe Biden. Walsh talks with Dan Brown, retired from Carpenters 599, and Jim Dedelow (JED), formerly of Laborers 41, about the infrastructure bill, apprenticeships and Uncle Pat, Walsh's mentor in the trades.
Building Trades head Randy Palmateer talks with retired Carpenters 599 organizer Dan Brown and his nephew, Jim Dedelow, formerly of Laborers 41. Palmateer came out of the Electricians union to take the executive position.
Sarah Jones went to Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana. Her senior year, she spent half the day traveling to the Hammond Area Career Center to learn construction. Years, later she's a trustee for Carpenters Local 599, one of the oldest locals in America. It's a great story. Dan Brown and Lucie Ashmore host while JED is out.
Mike Stavitzke comes out of the Millwrights to serve in a bi-state leadership position with the Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters. JED and Uncle Danny talk to him on the Building Trades Stories podcasts.
1000 Carpenters a day. That's how many craftsmen Jason sends out as president of Solid Platforms Inc. It's an interesting story that Jason tells of coming out of the Carpenters to lead such a large organization - without a college diploma.
Walter Hernandez came from Guatemala, worked as a (don't say it) non-union carpenter and eventually came around to the union, doing mostly residential. His nickname? Dry Walter. Sam Garduno had a more traditional road to leadership in the union, growing up near the JEDtv studios before going into the union.
Kevin Roach has been the Recording Secretary for Laborers 41 in Munster, Ind. for quite some time. Here, Kevin tells his story to Dan Brown, retired 599, and Jim Dedelow (JED) formerly of Local 41.
Joree Richards worked his way up through the Electricians union and as the head of the Indiana Plan to become the business manager of Local 697 in Merrillville, Indiana. Joree sits down with former Laborer Jim Dedelow (JED) to talk about dressing for the weather and what it's like to work in a steel mill, among other things.
Hammond Tech grad Rich Gamblin runs the Ironworkers 395 apprenticeship training program in Lake Station, Indiana. Here, he talks with Jim Dedelow (JED) and Dan Brown.
Former Carpenters BA Dan Brown and his nephew JED talk with well-known superintendent Doug Sweeney of Ironworkers 395.
JED and uncle Danny talk with BAC Local 4 head Steve Knowles from Lafayette and Merrillville BA Jeremy Rivas, who is also a Porter County councilman.
JED starts the Building Trades Stories podcast with his uncle Danny, who is a former BA for Carpenters Local 599. Uncle Danny will co-host BTS.