My Labor Radio's Podcast

This episode we get an update from the campaign trail on the race for the open seat in NE Indiana. Kiley Adolph joins us as we talk about the things constiuants are telling her team as they visit all 13 counties in the Third Congressional District in Indiana. We have links below to check your voter registration, the Kiley for Congress website and more. Kiley appeared on a FOX - 59 station and the interview is linked here. 

Check your voter registration at IndianaVoters.IN.GOV 

Find out what is on the ballot in your area by visiting BallotPedia.com

Special thank you to the Communications Workers of America, the CWA. For their support of My Labor Radio. Find out more by following the link. You can also talk with a CWA Organizer about all the options you have to organize your workplace. The conversation is confidential, you have everything to gain. 

Special thank you to UAW 2209 for their continued support of My Labor Radio you can find out more about this over 4,000 member Union in NE Indiana, follow the link. 

We thank you for listening, find us on all the socials, follow our link tree link. My Labor Radio

This episode we talk with elected and soon to be elected leaders in audio clips from the 2024 Organized Labor Annual Picnic in NE Indiana. Held each year, on Labor Day, this picnic is held at Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne. Wayne Township Trustee Austin Knox did a nice write up prior to the picnic in the Waynedale News. 

This episode we hear from Indiana HD 80 Representative Phil GiaQuinta.

Followed by a quick interview with Indiana HD 82 Representative Kyle Miller.

We talk with Allen County Council at Large candidate Nena Bailey.

We talk with Fort Wayne City Council District 5 Representative Geoff Paddock. While talking with Geoff, Mayor Sharon Tucker drops in for a minute, before going back out to visit and talk with constituants. 

We wrap up this episode with a conversation with picnic committiee Co-Chair Andy McKeeman member of SMART-TD Local 1202. He is the Co-Chair with USW Local Herb Anderson. 

Local Unions from NE Indiana who supported in donations and volunteers are listed here. (Not a Complete List)  

USW Local 903  Sprinkler Fitters UA Local 669  RWDSU  

NALC Letter Carriers Summit City Branch     IBEW 305  IBEW 1393  IBEW 723 

UA Plumber Steamfitters Local 166  Teamsters Local 414  

American Federation of Musicians Local 58  NEIN Building Trades  Smart-TD Local 1202 

UAW 2209  IronWorkers Local 147 Bricklayers Local 4 Indiana & Kentucky  USW 12775

Laborers Local 213 LIUNA  FW Firefighters Local 124  SMART Local 20 

Cement Masons Local 692  IUOE Local 399  

We also need to thank the local businesses who stepped up to donate to this years event. (Not a Complete List) Victory Trucking, UNFI, Speedway, G&L Corp.

Special THANK YOU to CWA the Communications Workers of America for their support of My Labor Radio. When you are ready to organize your workplace, talk with a CWA Organizer by following this link. 

Special THANK YOU to UAW Local 2209 for their support of this show.

IndianaVoters.IN.gov

BallotPedia.org

Thanks for listening. Find us on all the socials by using our Link Tree Link here. 

Meet candidate Josh Lowry. He is running for Indiana House District 24 just north of Indianapolis the link for the district map is here  Indiana House District 24. We talk about a number of topics but key among them is the response he is getting from constituents who are fed up with the GOP supermajority that has had a strangelhold on Indiana for 20 years. You may not like the policies enacted in the State House, but you have to participate and vote to change that. 

Find out who is on your Ballot by visiting BallotPedia.org 

Check your Indiana Voter Registration by following that link in bold.

On the Socials find Josh Lowry this is his website link.

On TikTok he is @LowryforIndiana 

On Facebook he is @LowryforIndiana 

On Instagram he is @LowryforIndiana 

On Twitter he is @LowryforIndiana

Special thanks to UAW 2209 for their continued support of the work we do each episode. Find out more about this amalgamated Union by following the link to go to UAW2209.org

Special Thanks to the CWA The Communications Workers of America for their support of My Labor Radio. You can find out more about Organizing a Union in your workplace by visiting CWA-Union.org/Organize to speak with a Union organizer who will listen to your concerns and provide you with options and ideas for your workplace. 

Thanks for listening find us on the Socials with this Linktree link

Meet the candidate, Kevin Hunter is your choice for Allen County Council at Large in NE Indiana. We spend a half hour talking about his experience and plan for working with the Allen County Council. He is coming from a law enforcement background that enables him to build coalitions of people who can get things done. As we still are working with the new Jail facility in Allen county his background will be a much needed addition to the council. 

For more information visit his website at Hunter4Council.com

On Instagram he is @Hunter4Council

On YouTube he is @Hunter4Council

On FaceBook he is @HunterForCountyCouncilatLarge 

On Twitter he is @Hunter4Council 

We talked about the MADVoters website, linked here

Check who is running on your ballot this November check it at BallotPedia.org/Indiana

Check your registration and more at IndianaVoters.IN.gov 

Special thanks to CWA - The Communications Workers of America for their support of this show. Thanks to UAW2209.org for their continued support as well. 

Thanks for listening. As always find us through this LINKTREE link. 

Meet the candidate. This episode we talk with Roxanna Lucas Murray who is running for Huntington County Council at Large in the 2024 election cycle. We have a well rounded conversation that covers her history and the things she wants to do for constituants. Transparency and open communications are the key. Take time to learn more about the candidate as you listen to this show.  

Her Facebook page Roxanna Lucas Murray for County Council is linked here.

Her LINKEDIN profile is linked here.

To make a donation follow this Link - Roxanna Lucas Murry for County Council.

The link we spoke about to the Rachel Maddow Prequal Book Talk is here.

Find out more on Voting by visiting IndianaCitizen.org

As Always we recomend you visit Indiana's Awesome MADVoters.org website. Great information and details you will not find elswhere. 

Special thanks to the Communications Workers of America for their support of My Labor Radio. When you are ready to learn more about organizing a Union in your workplace check in with a CWA Organizer. 

Special thanks go to UAW2209 for their support of this programming for over 5 years now.  Thanks to the membership of UAW Local 2209 for their work in NE Indiana. Labor Strong and Labor Proud!

Thanks for listening, Find us everywhare with this LINKTREE link to guide you. 

This Episode we we talk about Project 2025 and it's impact on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for Indiana Residents. 

Welcome to Let's Talk Indiana a Limited Edition Podcast done by three Indiana residents who take all aspects of Project 2025 and peel back the layers to dig deep into what this will do to Indiana. We also talk about Project 2025's cousins the Republican Study Committee Budgets and Agenda 47. 

The three co-hosts are Indiana's Own Dana Black from the Turn Left Podcast and Video series. She joins co-host Mary Noone and her Company Campaign Strategy. The third co-host is Union Labor Advocate Mark Gevaart from the My Labor Radio Podcast in NE Indiana. This well rounded trio bring you details and perspectives you will not hear or find in other media outlets. We want to help you better understand Project 2025 and how it will impact all of us in Indiana. 

This Episode we talk about Project 2025 and it's impact on Education in Indiana. 

Welcome to Let's Talk Indiana a Limited Edition Podcast done by three Indiana residents who take all aspects of Project 2025 and peel back the layers to dig deep into what this will do to Indiana. We also talk about it's cousins, Agenda 47 and the Republican Study Committiee Fiscal Budgets.

The three co-hosts are Indiana's Own Dana Black from the Turn Left Podcast and Video series. She joins co-host Mary Noone and her company Campaign Strategy. The third co-host is Union labor advocate Mark Gevaart from the My Labor Radio Podcast in NE Indiana. This well rounded trio bring you details and perspectives you will not find in other media outlets. We are here to help you understand Project 2025 and how it will impact all of us in Indiana. 

This episode is part two of my discussion with Michael Zweig who is the emeritus professor of economics and founding director of the Center for Study of Working Class Life at SUNY StoneyBrook in NY. We spoke with Michael in early February of 2024 about his most recent book Class, Race, And Gender Challenging The Injuries And Divisions of Capitalisim.

That first interview is linked here Michael Zweig My Labor Radio 2 4 2024.

In April of 2024 I met up with Michael Zweig in Chicago IL at the Labor Notes Conference 2024. On Saturday 4/20/24 we had a chance to sit down and talk further about his book and gain additional insight into the work he put into the pages of this amazingly informational book.

As always we provide links to our guests works for purchase from a Union Shop. Specifically Powell's Books in Portland OR.

The members who will process your order are represented by ILWU Local 5 in Portland. 

Michael Zweig's Printed Works are listed and linked here. You can also find his most recent work at his publishers website PM Press.

2023 - Class, Race, & Gender Challenging The Injuries And Divisions of Capitalisim 

2011 - Working Class Majority America's Best Kept Secret (There are 2 editions of this book)

2004 - What's Class Got To Do With It? American Society in The 21st Century

1991 - Religon And Economic Justice

Special THANK YOU to the CWA -The Communications Workers Of America for their support of My Labor Radio. When you need more information about organizing in your workplace, check into what the CWA has to offer and talk directly to an organizer in the CWA.org/Organize

Special THANK YOU to UAW Local 2209 for their support of My Labor Radio. They are an over 4,000 member Union in NE Indiana serving multiple industries and communities in the Tri-State area. 

Thanks for listening you can find us on all the socials by following our Link Tree here. 

Indiana House District 5 is in north west IN. Heidi Beidinger is the candidate who will bring change to the District at the State House. We talked with Dr. Beidinger on Monday July 8th to review her plans for work to be done on behalf of constituents in HD-5. This conversation includes her positions on important topics and we also talk about her 2022 run for this same seat. She has doubled down this election cycle and is in it to win it. Heidi wants to remind voters she is in this race for all the right reasons. We appreciate her tenacity as she stays consisteant to her values and putting the people of HD-5 in the forefront of her campaign. 

Visit Heidi on all the links we have here;

Her website is HeidiForIndiana

On Twitter she is @HeidiForIndiana

On Facebook she is Heidi For Indiana

on Instagram she is @HeidiForIndiana

On TikTok she is @HeidiForIndiana

Thanks for listening. You can find us at our LinkTree My Labor Radio

Special thanks to the CWA The Communications Workers of America for their support of My Labor Radio.

Special thanks to UAW Local2209 for their support of My Labor Radio

This episode we want you to meet Kyle Thele. (His last name is pronounced Tee-Lee) He is running for Indiana House District 83 in NE Indiana. You can hear the interview to learn more. You do need to know that we have an alternative to the hatefull attitude that the so called Christian who occupies the seat now holds. This is a great chance for change and Kyle does not hold back in this interview. Also you'll learn why he wants to run and the fact is clear he wants to hear from you. The Constituant. Visit his website read more and learn why this election year, a time for change is happening at IN House District 83.

Kyle is a Union member of WGAEast  The Writers Guild of America East.org - Kyle is working for VOX Media. 

On Twitter he is @Kyle4IN83 

On Instagram he is @KyleINStateRep

On Facebook he is Kyle Thele For Indiana State Rep

As always you can find out more at KyleForStateRep.com

Special Thank You to the CWA Union. The Communications Workers of America. You have been thinking about organizing a Union in your workplace and the best step forward is by clicking this link here CWA-Union/Organizing to contact an organizer and make that change in your workplace. 

Special thanks to UAW 2209 for their support of My Labor Radio they are an over 4,000 member amalgamated union serving their membership and communities at large in NE Indiana. 

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