An update on the Silgan Strike in Rochelle, IL and Nakisha Lewis previews the AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference in Washington, D.C., which takes place January 18-21, 2019.

IAM Government Employees Director Jim Price discusses the Government shutdown. IAM Education Resources Representative Traci Drummond introduces us to the Winpisinger Center’s new social media channels.

Keith McFarland, IAM District 711 Asst. Dir. Business Representative, and Roger Garner of Northwest-Shoals Community College preview a new apprenticeship program in Tennessee. Rhonda Rogers gives an update on CLUW’s latest “Sisters Not Afraid of Power” Conference and the upcoming Women’s Conference in 2019.

Today’s guest is Russ Gittlen, Executive Director of Guide Dogs of America.