The Workers' Mic

This week on The Worker’s Mic, Powered by the MCL, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson start things off with Microsoft’s announcement to stay neutral in organizing, a review of labor in 2023, and their holiday party do’s and don’ts! Later on, Ken Edwards joins in with Tom Bernstein, Fund Administrator for the Midwest Operating Engineers, to talk about the benefits available for the heavy operators union and the Fringe Benefits Fund.

This week on The Worker’s Mic, Powered by the MCL, Ken Edwards returns with Ed Maher and Phil Davidson to talk with Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune about the fight the employees are having against newspaper owners. Later, attorney Terry McGann, partner at McGann Ketterman & Rioux, joins the show to discuss labor law and what his firm does with carpenters. They also dive into Medieval Times, labor…and Legos?

There’s much to talk about this week on The Worker’s Mic, Powered by the MCL! Ed Maher and Phil Davidson are behind the mics this week with a discussion about the woke war on gas stoves, pensions making a comeback, and Ed finally begins to embrace holiday music.

Ken Edwards, Ed Maher, and Phil Davidson return from Thanksgiving with new content and new pant sizes on The Worker’s Mic, Powered by the MCL! Bob Funk, Founder and Executive Director of LaborLab, joins the show this week to share the only nonprofit watchdog organization that investigates corporate spending on union-busting. The guys also dive into The Century Foundation’s study that shows many workers are misclassified as independent contractors.

Ken Edwards, Ed Maher, and Phil Davidson kick off the holiday week on The Worker’s Mic, Powered by the MCL, with an update on the UAW resolution and an unexpected halt on gas stoves. American College of Education’s Vice President, Field Operations and Partnerships, Tony Miller and Monica Carson, Chief Growth Officer, also join the show to talk about the unique quality education ACE offers with low-cost programs that can advance careers.

Ken Edwards, Ed Maher, and Phil Davidson are back this week with another great episode of The Worker’s Mic, Powered by the MCL. Keith Vitale, Executive Director, and John Retondo, Director of Apprenticeship, at the LiUNA Chicagoland Laborers’ Training & Apprentice Fund, join the show to talk about what they provide for laborers as well as National Apprenticeship Week. They also discuss the writers strike coming to an end and a big win for culinary workers in Las Vegas.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the MCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher, and Phil Davidson, return with a loaded show of labor news including the latest in the UAW strike, a Las Vegas casino strike that threatens the Formula 1 Grand Prix, and the United Nations hits a wall. Later in the show, they talk with Chicago Local 2 Firefighter and Megent Financial Investment Executive, Tim Holubik, about his duality of union work and what he offers workers in all labor trades.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the MCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson are joined by Joe Pignataro and Rob Kobleski from the National Pharmacists Association to talk about their recent change in unions and what they provide for Walgreens. They also discuss the big win for the UAW, Clarence Thomas, and some interesting Halloween costume options.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the MCL, Ken Edwards and Ed Maher announce Phil Davidson, Communications Director, Mid America Regional Council of Carpenters, is now an official band member on the show! They talk with Kocher Insurance Group’s Karl Kocher, President, and Account Manager Will McCabe, about the importance of having life insurance, as well as the opportunity for MCL members to have insurance at a low cost. Listen on to hear a hilarious story on how creative Amazon employees can be!

Phil Davidson returns to The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the MCL, with Ed Maher to give the latest in labor news. They kick things off they share new developments in the UAW strike, then dive into the tentative agreement in the Kaiser Permanente strike, later on hear a story that Crumbl’d Ed’s heart.