This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson kick off the show by chatting with some agents and staff with Teamsters Local 727. Listen in while John Coli, Secretary-Treasurer and Principal Officer, General Counsel Jayna Brown, and forklift operator and union steward who has been with PepsiCo for 29 years Daryl Smith to discuss details pertaining to the PepsiCo facility located 650 W 51st Street in Chicago that closed without notice on October 28. Then, Ed and Phil are joined by the Political Director at the Chicago Federation of Labor Izzy Dobbel to discuss the 2024 election coming up on November 5th and what makes it historic with regard to the labor movement. To close out the show, Ed and Phil discuss the latest union related news surrounding prison labor and the new congressional budget proposal that affects employer-sponsored health insurance.