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Dan Duncan – Maritime Trades – We Don’t Need To Get Rid of The Jones Act
Dan Duncan of the Maritime Trades talks to us about the Jones Act and why it doesn’t make sense that people are trying to get rid of it. It appears ...
The labor Intensive: If Amazon Comes To Pittsburgh, They Should Be Prepared For Worker’s To Demand Their Rights
This week on the Labor Intensive with Rosemary Trump and Charlie McCollester we discuss topics ranging from Pittsburgh being profiled on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown to Amazon considering to put ...
Daniel Lippman – POLITICO – Trump Doesn’t Act Like A President, Yet Again
POLITICO reporter Daniel Lippman comes on the program to discuss the educate that Trump used with the widow of David Johnson and how it is unlike how any other president ...
Dina Radtke – Media Matters – Fox News Puts Immigration In Negative Light 5 Time More Than CNN or MSNBC
Dina Radtke from Media Matters joins us to fill us in on how Fox News covers Immigration 5 times more than CNN and MSNBC and their coverage is generally pretty ...
Ralph Leichliter – SMART Ohio – “Right To Work” Was Invented By a Racist in the 1940’s
From Ohio SMART we have Ralph Leichliter on the program to talk to us about the history of “right to work” legislation and how it originated from a very racist ...
The District Sentinel – Banking Is Becoming More and More Unregulated
Sam Knight ans Sam Sacks of The District Sentinel join us to talk about new developments in the banking industry. After that we go into a report that says that ...
Rebecca Morin – POLITICO – Bi-partisan Healthcare Bill Has Enough Votes To Pass
From POLITICO we have Rebecca Morin on the program to talk about Chuck Schumer and how he claims that the bi-partisan healer bill has enough votes to pass.
Tom Trotter – AFL-CIO – The Middle Class Pays When Tax Cuts For The Rich Happen
From the AFL-CIO we have Tom Trotter on the program. He says that when rich people get tax breaks, it’s always the middle class that ends up paying for them.
Rich Boberg – Patriotic Millionaires – The Inheritance Tax Doesn’t Affect That Many People
Rich Boberg of the Patriotic Millionaires joins us to discuss the inheritance tax and how it doesn’t really affect that many people due to the first $11mil of an inheritance ...
Berry Craig – KY AFL-CIO – KY GOP To Come After Worker’s Compensation
Berry Craig of the Kentucky AFL-CIO comes on the program to talk about how the Kentucky State GOP plans to go after worker’s compensation in their next session and some ...