The Workers' Mic

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher, and Phil Davidson kick off the show by recapping the week’s news. Then the guys welcome Beth Ratliff, Chief Operating Officer at Premise Health, to talk about what Premise offers, and its great benefits for you and your family.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson kick off the show by discussing the latest union related news pertaining to ‘The One, Big, Beautiful Bill,’ Northwestern University food service workers ratifying a new contract after their strike in March and more. Then, the guys are joined in studio by Teamsters Local 727’s Secretary-Treasurer and Principal Officer John Coli Jr. and Local 727 Business Representative Sean McGough alongside Teamsters Local 727 member and Union steward Carrie Sapienza. Listen in while Carrie shares details surrounding her unjust termination from The Brookfield Zoo after 33 loyal years. To close out the show, the guys share updates pertaining to transit in Illinois and John shares his thoughts on the topic from a Teamster’s perspective.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson kick off the show by recapping their live labor panel discussion that occurred at the IUOE Local 399 Union Hall on May 12th. Then, the guys discuss the latest union related news pertaining to Chicago native Pope Leo XIV, Sesame Street employees and more.

On this special edition of Worker Wednesday, Ed Maher, Associate Executive Director of the National Coalition of Labor and co-host of The Workers’ Mic here on 720 WGN, joins Jon Hansen on the show to share key details from the WGN Radio live labor panel discussion that occurred at the IUOE Local 399 Union Hall on May 12th. Listen in while Ed and Jon talk about the future of public transit in Illinois and while Ed shares audio from various different panels that took place at the event.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson kick off the show by chatting with Jeff Mehrhoff, Business Manager and Secretary Treasurer of IUPAT-DC 7 and Andy Buck, Director of Governmental Affairs. Listen in while the guys break down what IUPAT supports, what their apprenticeship programs entail, prevailing wages and more. Then, the guys discuss the latest union related news pertaining to UPS announcing layoffs which impacts hundreds of Teamsters workers, Pam Bondi in connection with the NLRB, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and more.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson kick off the show by chatting with the IL AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer, Pat Devaney. Listen in while Pat discusses the two-tier pension system and what the IL AFL-CIO is doing to fix it. Then, the guys are joined by Jennifer Garrett with the Mid-America Carpenters Benefits team and Tracy Biela, Director of Communications and member education with Local 150 MOE Benefit Funds, to talk about the success of their health centers and how that has resulted in growth and expansion into chiropractic.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson kick off the show by playing back some audio from their Café Bionda live show featuring Brandon Campbell, Director of UAW Region 4 and Lucas DeSpain, UAW Region 4 Assistant Director. Listen in while Brandon and Lucas discuss all things UAW, tariffs, the importance of supporting businesses that create American manufactured items, and more. Then, the guys discuss the latest union related news pertaining a temporary restraining order regarding the government’s attempt to take away collective bargaining rights to federal workers, the passing of the Chicago Fire Captain David Meyer, and more!

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson kick off the show by playing back some audio from their Café Bionda live show featuring Rob Paszta, Associate General Counsel for Operating Engineers Local 150. Listen in while Rob discusses what’s going on with the National Labor Relations Board nationally and Gwynne Wilcox v. Donald Trump. Then, the guys are joined in studio with Kevin McLaughlin, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council and John Jarger, Director of Operations for the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council, to talk about tax fraud and how they educate their memebers during tax season. To close out the show the guys discuss the latest union related news pertaining NLRB whistleblower, McDonalds workers in Demark and Build to Last’s Workers’ Mic episode.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher, and Phil Davidson host their third live show from Café Bionda in the South Loop in Chicago. The guys kick off the show by discussing some of the latest union related news pertaining to overdraft fees, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and more. Then, Alex Dunn, Executive Director & Attorney with the Illinois Council of Police joins the program to talk about ICops as a whole, ICops’ right to organize for supervisors and more. To close out the show, President of the Chicago Federation of Labor Bob Reiter steps in for Phil as the guys chat with Megent Financial Co-Chief Executive Officer and Café Bionda Co-owner Ron Whittingham who joins the program alongside Café Bionda’s Head Chef Cosimo Riccardi to talk about the current climate of the market.

The Workers’ Mic live show was presented to you by ABOC.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards and Ed Maher kick off the show by discussing the latest union related news pertaining to the recent ‘Hands Off’ protests against Trump policies and Musk-led government cuts, their live recording happening at Café Bionda on April 11th from 1pm-4p, and more. Also, throughout the show the guys take listener union related questions and comments.