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.

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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.

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 President/Business Manager for IUOE Local 399, Pat Kelly and a Business Representative for IUOE Local 399, Pat O’Gorman who joined the show to share details surrounding the actions of Advocate Health who are fighting union elections. Throughout the show, the guys discuss the latest union related news pertaining to NLRB installing their new general council, their live recording happening at Cafe Bionda on April 11th from 1pm-4pm 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 Joel Pogose, President of the MId-America Carpenter’s Regional Council who joined the show to share a story about how union benefits helped save his son’s life and kept his family out of bankruptcy. To close out the show, the guys discuss the latest union related news pertaining to Utah’s collective bargaining bill petition, the Klarna partnership with Doordash 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 the President for UNITE HERE Local 1, Karen Kent to discuss details around the Compass Group strike that began on Monday, March 10th at Northwestern University. Then, the President of AFGE Local 777 Darrell English joins the show to talk about the Trump Administraion ending the negotiated TSA contract and what’s next. To close out the show, the guys discuss the latest union related news pertaining to the termination of federal employees 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 President-Business Manager of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, Jim Sweeney and the Vice President of IUOE Local 150 Jeff Horne. Listen in while Jim and Jeff discuss details pertaining to neutrality agreements, the recent neutrality agreement Local 150 signed with Uber and the Working Families’ Archer Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Then, Ken, Ed and Phil discuss the latest union related news surrounding The Faster Labor Contracts Act.

When Ken Edwards (Executive Director of the National Coalition of Labor), Ed Maher (Associate Executive Director of the National Coalition of Labor), and Phil Davidson (Director of Communications of the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council) teamed up to host The Workers’ Mic on WGN Radio, their goal was to bring awareness and educate listeners on what workers and their unions are dealing with on a regular basis, and bring labor news and topics to the forefront with other credible voices.

On the latest episode of The Career Vision Podcast, Ken, Ed and Phil joined host Michael Piff to talk about who they were and their interests when they were younger, their journeys that have led to worker advocacy as a profession, how someone interested in the trades is introduced to a union, what their union can do for them (as long as they are putting in the work themselves), and much more. One was in a metal band. Another was a standup comedian. Listen to the full episode below to find out who:

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