The Union Edge

Recent Episodes

Highlights from the 2016 Labor Notes Conference, and CTU Strike and March

Posted April 4, 2016 • 00:12:51

Laura Wiens, Director of Community Outreach at The Union Edge, reports back highlights from the 2016 Labor Notes conference in Chicago, IL, and the...

Sierra Club in the Fight for 15, and Why Environmentalists Support Economic Justice

Posted April 4, 2016 • 00:10:35

Pennsylvania Sierra Club Chapter Chair Veronica Coptis joins us to talk about why the Sierra Club is in the Fight for 15, and why economic justice struggles...

KY Governor Bevin Aims to Dismantle Kentucky Healthcare, Affecting 500,000

Posted April 4, 2016 • 00:23:19

Kentucky AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan lays out Governor Bevin’s plan to dismantle KY Kynect and scale back Medicare expansion, impacting 500,000...

Breaking Through by Mom’s Rising: LGBT Discrimination in NC, and Ending Structural Racism

Posted April 4, 2016 • 00:59:26

Breaking Through by Mom’s Rising: Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner starts out the show by untangling the Presidential Primary, then moves...

The Freedom Caucus Makes a Plan for Electoral Growth in November

Posted April 4, 2016 • 00:13:05

Reporter Theo Meyer from POLITICO joins us to discuss his article, Inside the Freedom Caucus’ Growth Plans, about the extreme right-wing fringe of...