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On this inaugural episode of the “Iron Bill” Hohlfeld Show, we jump right in and confront the issue of union member malaise in the post-Covid era economy with Gina Liberti, adjunct professor and president of the Rockland Community College Adjunct Faculty Association in New York.

The inspiring organizing campaigns seen in many areas of the service industry are still grabbing headlines. But as Liberti tells Bill — too many hard-pressed working men and women are living on a “fear-based survival level” and opting to keep their heads down and remaining isolated.

“They don’t understand that by being part of a collective you are stronger for it, and that people share and people take care of each other. But you have to be willing to be a part of that and open yourself up to it — and most people don’t have that mentality,” Liberti tells Bill.

There is a sense of rising urgency at RCC in particular — the existing contract covering faculty members expires in August and hard negotiations are looming large.

Listen to the entire conversation below: