The Union Edge

Recent Episodes

Don’t sneak worker take-backs into your safety bill

Posted March 15, 2017 • 00:10:04

Jackie Jeter, President of ATU 689, explains how legislators are trying to sneaking language about collective bargaining and pensions into much-needed...

EPI: Workers have a problem, but it’s not robots or automation

Posted March 15, 2017 • 00:23:35

We discuss two timely Economic Policy Institute reports with their president, Larry Mischel: Robots, or automation, are not the problem, and a study...

Helping real (not fake!) progressives run for office

Posted March 15, 2017 • 00:11:39

Democracy for America is helping young people run for office in cities, and pressuring current Democratic representatives to be strong in their support...

Tune up on Tech: Cloud Hosting

Posted March 15, 2017 • 00:09:00

What does it mean to “cloud host” your website? Is it a good idea? Our resident techie and the developer of our website, Katie Schneider of Appletree...

Undoing auto emissions limits

Posted March 15, 2017 • 00:10:00

Trump takes steps toward undoing Obama’s auto emissions limits, Alex Guillen from Politico reports.