EPISODE · Aug 28, 2026 · 36 MIN
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell on Trade, Social Security and Fighting for Workers
from America’s Work Force Union Podcast · host BMA Media Group
Her father-in-law was fired for union activity, contracted tuberculosis and was sent west to die. He came back to Detroit, won a congressional seat and helped write the Social Security Act — standing in the room when Roosevelt signed it in 1935. That history is what Congresswoman Debbie Dingell carries into Congress every day. On today's episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast, Dingell joins the Labor 132 series as co-chair of the 129-member Congressional Labor Caucus. She discusses why USMCA has not created a level playing field with Mexico, the national security threat posed by Chinese autonomous vehicles collecting data on American streets, why the chaotic application of tariffs has cost average households approximately $3,500, the need to scrap the Social Security earnings cap before the 2033 funding cliff and why she is one of the lead House sponsors of Medicare for All — a bill that now has more than 100 co-sponsors. Visit debbiedingell.house.gov and laborcaucus.house.gov for more.
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Congressional Labor Caucus co-chair Debbie Dingell discusses the caucus’s growth to 129 members, USMCA’s failure to create a level playing field with Mexico, the national security threat of Chinese autonomous vehicles collecting data on American streets, why chaotic tariffs have cost average households $3,500, the need to scrap the Social Security earnings cap before the 2033 funding cliff and her role as a lead House sponsor of Medicare for All — along with the story of her father-in-law John Dingell Sr., who survived tuberculosis and firing for union activity to help write the Social Security Act and stand in the room when Roosevelt signed it.
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