The Power At Work Blog is proud to present this Veterans Day blogcast. In this very special blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by William Attig of the AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council and Martin Helms of Helmets to Hardhats to discuss veterans in the labor movement. Learn about the role unions play in the lives of veterans, the role veterans play in unions, the best programs in the movement for veterans, and much more.
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WIlliam Attig is a combat veteran of the OIF/OEF war. After returning to civilian life, he completed the program with Helmets to Hardhats, and went on to become an apprentice with UA local 160 Plumbers & Pipefitters in Southern Illinois. After seeing what a great opportunity the union had given him, Attig started to advocate for programs that help fellow veterans find employment in organized labor. In 2017, Attig was selected to lead the national Union Veterans Council at the AFL-CIO.
Martin Helms serves in the Army National Guard and is now the leader of Helmets to Hardhats (H2H). His union career began as an IBEW apprentice and developed into being a Journeyman, Foreman, and then the Training Director at his local apprenticeship program. As a successful H2H participant from 2005, Helms has a passion for the program's mission and a special understanding of the career pathways that H2H provides.
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