The Workers' Mic

On this special edition of Worker Wednesday on Your Money Matters, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson welcome Sarah Ridgely VP, Campus Strategy at Compass Datacenters and the Chief Technology Officer Adil Attlassy with Compass Datacenters who address common community concerns regarding local data center developments. Sarah and Adil also explain that data centers are integral to everyday life and debunk water-waste concerns by highlighting their use of closed-loop cooling systems and pre-development environmental impact studies.

On this special edition of Worker Wednesday on Your Money Matters, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson welcome Mark Pruitt, Principal at The Power Bureau, LLC and adjunct professor within Northwestern’s Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability (MSES) Program on the show to discuss the complexities of modernizing the electric grid and the impact of data centers on energy infrastructure.

On this special edition of Worker Wednesday on Your Money Matters, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson welcome Mayor of DeKalb, Illinois Cohen Barnes to discuss DeKalb being a pioneer and anchor of the large-scale data center development, Meta. This center established a massive $1 billion campus that effectively extended the greater Chicago tech market westward.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL Ed Maher and Phil Davidson kick off the show by chatting with Charlie Singletary, Business Manager at Operating Engineers Local 564, and Lewis Crawford, IUOE Local 564 Business Agent and Lead Negotiator for the Texas City Metal Trades Council, to discuss the Ashland Specialty Chemicals strike. Next, the guys welcome Matthew Capece, Special Representative of the General President at United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, who joins the program to talk about wage theft and tax fraud. Then, to close out the show, Phil and Ed remind listeners to tune in to Your Money Matters on 720AM on Wednesday, July 29th from 6pm-8pm for their special Worker Wednesday focusing on the booming world of data centers.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL Ed Maher and Phil Davidson spend the entire show discussing the latest union related news pertaining to the CEO of BlackRock, the new Economic Policy Institute study about union memberships, Chicago Public School layoffs, data centers and more.

Tune in on Wednesday, July 29th, from 6 to 8 p.m. to catch the guys from The Workers’ Mic for a special edition of Your Money Matters focused on the booming world of data centers.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards and Phil Davidson kick off the show by discussing the latest union related news pertaining to Waymo, Trader Joes, the largest-ever nurses’ strike in Massachusetts, data centers and more. Then, Ken and Phil are joined by the President of United Steelworkers Local 7-1 Eric Schultz to discuss details on the BP Whiting refinery lockout of 800 union members. To close out the show, the guys share some good labor news.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson kick off the show by Kyle Bollinger, Vice President and Business Agent with Teamster Local 916 and Vivianne who is an Operator with Ascend Cannabis. Listen in while Kyle and Vivianne share details about the cannabis Teamsters strike. To close out the show, the guys discuss the latest union related news pertaining to the ‘American Dream,’ Ford bringing back engineers, the good the MCL Credit Union does for NCL members and more.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson kick off the show by discussing the latest union related news surrounding the Social Security Fund, Metropolitan Alliance of Police, Rideshare Law allowing them to be in a union, and more. Then, to close out the show, the guys are joined with Jennifer Rosenberg, Regional Sales Director at MetLife and Kari Lazar, Sr. Product Director of Group Benefits at MetLife to talk about their Whole Life policy and how it works.

On this week’s Father’s Day show on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ed Maher is joined by special guest hosts Rob Paszta, Associate General Counsel for Operating Engineers Local 150 and Ed’s daughter Emma. To kick off the show, President of the Illinois AFL-CIO, Tim Drea joins the conversation to discuss why the Illinois AFL-CIO chose not to endorse a candidate for the fall election. Throughout the show, the guys discuss the latest union related news surrounding Uber for teens, the misinformation surrounding data centers, updates with the NLRB and more.

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards and Phil Davidson kick off the show by talking about Phil participating in Hike for Hope, which raises awareness for mental health and suicide prevention for people working in the trades. Then, Ken and Phil discuss the Faster Labor Contract ACT and why it’s going to be a game-changer for workers. To close out the show, Phil shares a win for workers in the artificial intelligence world.