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Doug Cunningham – WIN – Union Busting at Tesla
Doug Cunningham joins us from Workers Independent News to discuss Tesla workers’ efforts to form a union.
Exploring Labor’s Concerns – Your Rights Under OSHA Part 3
This time on Exploring Labor’s Concerns with Ramo Lord we finish up our discussion about worker’s rights under OSHA with the while blowers protections that OSHA offers.
New American Economy: Twenty Years of Ecosystem Services
Nature provides a lot of “services” that we don’t normally think about – pollination, water purification, and more. What’s the economic value of an ecosystem? Today Dr. Patricia DeMarco invites ...
Alyssa Hanson – TN AFL-CIO – Republicans Coming Out Against Donald Trump
Alyssa Hanson from the Tennessee AFL-CIO comes on the program to talk about how it is a really good thing that some republicans are coming out against Donald
Alvina Yeh – APALA – Wrapping Up The AFL-CIO Convention
Live at the ALF-CIO Convention, from the APALA we have Alvina Yeh joins us to talk about what all has been happening at the convention.
Patrick McHugh – Priorities USA – Trump Is Like Other Republicans, At Least The Crazy Ones
Patrick McHugh of Priorities USA joins us to discuss how his organization is trying to hold Trump accountable for his crazy actions. Maybe people believed that Tump was going to ...
Angelo Carusone – Media Matters – How Fake News Is Made
Angelo Carusone from Media Matters comes on the program to talk about how and why fake news is really made. Once we go over all of that, we talk about ...
Berry Craig – KY AFL-CIO – Some Of The Ways Republicans Attack Workers
From the Kentucky AFL-CIO we have Berry Craig on the program to talk about the Kentucky AFL-CIO up coming convention and who will be speaking. We also go over some ...
Doug Cunningham – WIN – Mike Pence Was The Tie Breaker To Take Away Worker’s Rights
Doug Cunningham of Worker’s Independent News joins us to discuss how rampant wage theft is in the United States, how Mike Pence broke a senate tie vote to allow employers ...
Mark McDermott – Tesla Is An Anti-Worker Company
Labor Educator Mark McDermott joins us to talk about the poor working conditions at Tesla. These skilled workers are being paid an average of $19/hr while the housing in the ...