Zac Unger
From Pacific Workers.
Zac is an Author of two books: Working Fire and Never Look A Polar Bear In The Eye. Widely published in magazines and newspapers, including: The Economist, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Men’s Journal, Canadian Geographic, Slate Magazine, and many others, including in-flight magazines and trade publications. He is a lifelong Oaklander, lives with his wife and three kids.
Bio: Zac Unger is a Graduate from Brown University with a BA in Environmental Science and a MS from UC Berkeley in Range Science and Management.He became a Firefighter and has been for 22 years, a Paramedic,was Vice President of the Oakland firefighter union, Local 55 for 7 years and for the last two he has been the President of Oakland firefighters union Local 55.
He is also an Author of two books: Working Fire and Never Look A Polar Bear In The Eye. Widely published in magazines and newspapers, including: The Economist, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Men’s Journal, Canadian Geographic, Slate Magazine, and many others, including in-flight magazines and trade publications. He is a lifelong Oaklander, lives with his wife and three kids.
Podcasts
April 20, 2020
Bilal Kassem, managing attorney at Pacific Workers’ talks about what happens after being terminated from employment. With COVID-19 recently spiking the number of unemployment applications many questions have come up in regard to workers comp benefits. We dive deep into scenarios where a company goes out of business and what happens next, who pays for the benefits, what happens to those who are on TTD and more.
April 14, 2020
April 1, 2020