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Latest Episodes

American Federation of Government Employees District Report – Episode 11
November 27, 2017

Mark Sewak National AFGE representative and Andy Scherzinger from AFGE Local 1862 join us to talk about a chemical spill that occurred at a Veterans Affairs Hospital and how the ...

Bill Londrigan – KY AFL-CIO – Workers Face Many Forms Of Exploitation
November 27, 2017

To follow up on the previous segment with Tim Boyle we have Bill Londrigan of the Kentucky AFL-CIO to discuss what sort of exploitations workers are facing all over the ...

Tom Troter – AFL-CIO Legislative Dept – It’s Time For A Tax Plan To Trickle Up From The Consumer Class
November 27, 2017

From the AFL-CIO Legislative Department we have Tom Trotter on the program to say that it’s time that the tax plan trickles up from the consumers and middle class.

Tim Boyle – Teamsters 2727 – UPS Airline Workers Are At A 2 Year Impasse
November 27, 2017

Tim Boyle from Teamster Local 2727 joins us to talk about UPS airline workers and the many difficulties face on job. Despite USP being a billion dollar company, there are ...

Mom’s Rising: Rise Up! No #GopTaxScam Yes #HealthcareForAll
November 27, 2017

On the radio show this week we cover how to get healthcare coverage (Go to www.healthcare.gov by December 15th!), what’s happening with our environment, why the GOP & Trump tax ...

Bernie Becker – POLITICO – What Are Republicans Trying To Say With Their Tax Plan?
November 27, 2017

Bernie Becker a reporter from POLITICO joins us to try to explain what the republicans think will happen if their pass their tax plan. The plan isn’t polling well and ...

Katie Sullivan – Media Matters – Morning Shows Missed The Big FCC News
November 27, 2017

From Media Matters we have Katie Sullivan on the program to talk about the FCC announcement on rolling back net neutrality regulations and how basically all of the morning shows ...

Chris Garlock – DC Labor Council – It’s “Buy Union” Week!
November 27, 2017

Chris Garlock from the DC Labor Council joins us to remind us that Buy Union Week is this week. You can find information about what products you can pick up ...

The New American Economy: Building Wealth if You Aren’t Rich – and doing it ethically
November 22, 2017

 A rebirth of investment in manufacturing can also be part of a transition to a sustainable economy. This week, Dr. Patricia DeMarco invites Thomas Wolf from the Steel valley Authority ...

The Labor Intensive
November 21, 2017

Our resident labor historians Rosemary Trump (former SEIU VP) and Charlie McCollester (labor history professor) join us for their weekly segment, The Labor Intensive. We talk about how proposed tax ...