In this episode, MK Fletcher discusses her work at The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and some of the issues that workers across multiple industries face today. Jaymie Tibbits is a graduate student at the School of Social Social Work and hosted this conversation. Iulia Dobrin, an undergraduate student at the Ford School of Public Policy supported the production of this episode. Both are members of the Health Policy Student Association (HPSA).MK Fletcher holds a Master of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. In her role as the Safety and Health Specialist at the AFL-CIO, she advocates for stronger health and safety protections on the job. She is the lead author of the annual report, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, a national and state-by-state profile of workers health and safety in the United States. Ms. Fletcher works within the national, state and international policy space to advocate for stronger health and safety protections on the job through laws, standards and programs.