The Union Edge

Recent Episodes

Pentagon Set Sights on Ryan Defense Budget Plan

Posted September 6, 2016 • 00:08:07

POLITICO writer Jeremy Herb explains why the Pentagon plans to ‘Play hardball’ against Ryan defense budget plan.

Media Doesn’t Always Get the Facts Straight on Unions, and Sometimes on Purpose

Posted September 6, 2016 • 00:08:07

Media Matters Research Coordinator Julie Alderman joins us to talk about Four Ways Media Attacks Organized Labor.

The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust, Protecting Pensions and Creating Jobs

Posted September 6, 2016 • 00:11:21

Chief Operating Officer of the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust Ted Chandler explains how the AFL-CIO housing trust wisely invests union pension money,...

ALEC Continues with Their Anti-Union Rhetoric, This Labor Day

Posted September 6, 2016 • 00:10:02

Mary Bottari of PR Watch of the Center for Media and Democracy talks about how union workers have nearly double the wages of non-union workers, and...

Resolving Issues Outside of the Criminal Justice System, and Applying Laws Without Discrimination

Posted September 5, 2016 • 00:24:46

Josh Shapiro, candidate for PA Attorney General, joins us in-studio to discuss the importance of problem solving courts like veterans’ and drug courts,...