The Union Edge

The Union Edge


Latest Episodes

Mary Cathryn Ricker – AFT – Businesses Should Be Supporting Education
August 01, 2017

AFT Vice President Mary Cathryn Ricker talks about the value of language learning in the global market. Businesses should support our public schools because they train their future workers!

Mike Lamb – AFT – 80% of Children Experience a Traumatic Episode
August 01, 2017

Turnaround For Children was founded to give teachers and social workers the skills to deal with children handling extreme stressors in their lives. Fully 80% of children in any given ...

Mary Yordon – AFT – Breaking Down The Layers Of An Education Budget
August 01, 2017

Mary Yordon, president of the Norwalk Federation of Teachers discusses the many layers of an education budget – local, state, and federal. Their union is proactively negotiating changes to their ...

Dan Montgomery – AFT – How Poverty Affects Education
August 01, 2017

Dan Montgomery joins us from the Illinois Federation of Teachers to discuss how poverty affects education, on both a personal and systematic level.

Andrew Spar – AFT – Florida Charter School Situation Is Basically A Political Drama
August 01, 2017

The Florida charter school situation sounds like something out of a political drama. A bill created behind closed doors amounts to a huge giveaway to charter schools companies, and these ...

Healthcare Politics with Steve Larchuk: S1 Ep 25: Dr Carol Paris Is Fighting For Single Payer
July 31, 2017

This week on Healthcare Politics With Steve Larchuk we have Dr Carol Paris who is the President of the PNHP and advocate for single payer healthcare. She has been protesting ...

Deb Kline – Cleveland JWJ – It’s Equal Pay Day For Black Women
July 31, 2017

Deb Kline from Cleveland Jobs With Justice joins us for Equal Pay Doy for Black Women. This means that it takes a black woman 7 months longer than a white ...

Barry Craig – KY AFL-CIO – ‘Ditch Mitch’ Billboards In McConnell’s Home Town
July 31, 2017

Barry Craig of the Kentucky ALF-CIO fills us in the the new political billboards attacking Mitch McConnell in his home town.

Paul Demko – POLITICO – Some ACA Markets Need Stablity
July 31, 2017

From POLITICO we have Paul Demko on the program to talk about how centrist lawmakers are trying to put together a plan to stabilize healthcare markets.

Brett Robertson – Media Matters – Defrauded Students Aren’t Being Helped At All By Devos
July 31, 2017

Brett Robertson from Media Matters joins us to talk about how pending claims by students against private schools for education fraud are not being looked at under Devos leadership.