The Union Edge

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Latest Episodes

Chris Rawson – Off The Record – One Time Only Pittsburgh Satire Event on Oct 12
September 28, 2017

Producer of Off The Record, Chris Rawson joins us in studio to talk about the performance that Off The Record is hosting on October 12th in Pittsburgh, PA.

Randy Erwin – NFFE – NFFE Turns 100 Years Old
September 28, 2017

Randy Erwin of NFFE joins us to celebrate the union turning 100 years old. One of the subsets of workers that NFFE represents is firefighters, so we also discuss the ...

The Education Watchdog – The Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments on “Fair Share”
September 28, 2017

This week on The Education Watchdog with Butch Santicola we talk about how the Supreme Court plans to hear arguments on “Fair Share” which is the ability for unions to ...

Patrick Temple-West – POLITICO – How is the GOP Going To Balance The Budget With All The Tax Cuts They Are Proposing
September 28, 2017

Patrick Temple-West from POILITCO talks to us about some of the basics behind the republican tax proposal. They would like to slash the corporate tax rate by 10%, get rid ...

Alyssa Hansen – TN AFL-CIO – ALEC Is Coming To Nashville, Lets Tell Them What We Think Of Money In Politics
September 28, 2017

From the Tennessee AFL-CIO we have Alyssa Hansen on the program to go over what is happening in Tennessee as it pertains to labor. It appears that Bob Corker is ...

Nate Evans – Media Matters – The NRA Is A Racist Organization
September 28, 2017

From Media Matters, we have Nate Evans on the program to talk about how the NRA is blatantly racist, but they like to deny it. Nate points out a few ...

Justin Gest – The Wages Of Neglect Episode 5
September 28, 2017

On this week’s segment of our Wages of Neglect series, we invite Justin Gest to talk about his book, The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration ...

Richard Master – Patriotic Millionaires – Better Healthcare Policy Will Help Businesses
September 28, 2017

Richard Master from the Patriotic Millionaires joins us to talk about how healthcare effects business owners. He says that healthcare is a huge expense for business owners and a single ...

Exploring Labor’s Concerns – Workplace Violence Part 2
September 27, 2017

This week on Exploring Labor’s Concerns with Dr. Ramo Lord we continue our discussion on workplace violence. Ramo did a little survey to see what people thought about different aspects ...

Alvina Yeh – APALA – Lets Pass a “Clean” Dream Act
September 27, 2017

Alvina Yeh from APALA joins us to talk about their push to protect dreamers by trying to get a “Clean Dream Act” passed to replace DACA after Trump has announced ...