The Union Edge
Latest Episodes
The Labor Intensive – The Military Pays to Be At Sports Games?
Resident labor historians Rosemary Trump and Charlie McCollester discuss the surprisingly recent tradition of playing the national anthem before sports games, and their thoughts on taking a knee vs. remaining seated during ...
Chris Garlock – DC Labor – The DC Newspaper Guild is on The Picket Line
Chris Garlock of the DC Labor Council joins us to talk about his union brothers and sisters with the Newspaper Guild on the picket lines, supporting workers during contract negotiations ...
Voices Of Westmoreland – Fair Districts PA
Harriet Ellenberger invites Kitsy McNulty from Fair Districts PA to discuss how gerrymandering essentially takes votes away from the public. Since district lines are based on the census, which is only taken every 10 years, ...
Buck Geno – WIP Radio – Trickle Down Economics is Back
Buck Geno of Work in Progress Radio joins us to talk about the proposed GOP Tax Reform Bill, and how this links back to the “trickle down economics” concept used ...
Informed Action
Allen Kukovich and Tom Balya join us to chat about the latest goings on.
Buck Geno & Grace Trudell – WIP & IBEW – Getting Young Women Involved In Unions
Buck Geno of Work in Progress Radio joins us with special guest Grace Trudell, Business Representative with IBEW Local 28 and the Detroit Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union ...
Craig Harrington – Media Matters – Tin Foil Hat Awards
Associate Research Director Craig Harrington joins us to announce this week’s winners of the Tinfoil Hat Awards, you’ll never guess who this week’s winner is pointing fingers at.
Chris Rawson & Chris Laitta – Off The Record – This is Us???
Off The Record Producer Chris Rawson joins us with one of the production’s stars, Chris Laitta, to talk about this years production This Is Us??? Come one, come all to ...
Aaron Lorenzo – POLITICO – After Tax Reform Rollout, GOP Faces Reality of Delivering
POLITICO Tax Reform Reporter Aaron Lorenzo joins us to discuss his article, “After Tax Reform Rollout, GOP Faces Reality of Delivering,” and break down some of the mail points being ...
Doug Cunningham – WIN – Tax Plan or Tax Sham
Doug Cunningham of Workers Independent News joins us to talk about the Trump Administration’s proposed tax plan, or tax “sham” as others are calling it. In addition to cutting taxes ...