The Union Edge

The Union Edge


Latest Episodes

Hector Sanchez – LCLAA – Lets Start Respecting Latino Labor
January 25, 2018

Executive Director of LCLAA, Hector Sanchez joins us to talk about the reasons we should be appreciating Latino workers and how the current administration has affected the Latino community.

Alvina Yeh – APALA – Fighting for a Dream Act
January 25, 2018

From APALA we have Alvina Yeh on the program to talk about some of the many struggles for people of color in our country and why we need to pass ...

Just Transitions – Remaking The LTV Coke Works
January 25, 2018

This week on Just Transitions with Dr. Patricia DeMarco, she has Rebecca Flora from the ReMake Group on the program to talk about the former LTV Coke Works and how ...

Adam Cancryn – POLITICO – Discussing Alex Azar
January 25, 2018

Adam Cancryn from POLITICO joins us to talk about Alex Azar who was confirmed at head of The Department of Health and Human Services.

Sabeel Rahman – The American Prospect – Up Against Big Tech
January 25, 2018

Sabeel Rahman joins us to talk about his article in The American Prospect titled “Up Against Big Tech”. He discusses with us how we must be more proactive in curtailing ...

Micheal Fuoco – Pgh Newspaper Guild – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Plans a Byline Strike
January 25, 2018

Micheal Fuoco, President of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh and Enterprise Reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joins us to talk about the impending byline strike and the working conditions that ...

Alyssa Hansen – TN AFL-CIO – January 24, 2018
January 24, 2018

Alyssa Hansen joins us from the Tennessee AFL-CIO to discuss the union membership numbers from 2016-2017 that we recently released, as well as their plans for activism in the coming ...

Bernie Lunzer – CWA – 80% of Digital Revenue Was Captured By Google Last Year
January 24, 2018

We talk with Bernie Lunzer, President of the Newspaper Guild CWA about the LA Times’ organizing drive. 80% of new digital revenue last year was captured by Google. How do ...

Nina Esposito-Visgitis – PFT 400 – Getting Serious About School Shootings
January 24, 2018

Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers President Nina Esposito-Visgitis joins us to talk about school safety, in light of yesterday’s Kentucky school shooting. Though it may have been the first you heard ...

Ted Hesson – POLITICO – The warring tribes that will decide Dreamers’ fate
January 24, 2018

Ted Hesson from POLITICO joins us to talk about his article “The warring tribes that will decide Dreamers’ fate”.