UCOMM Live

Trump is trying to cut funding for school lunches, leaving half a million kids hungry at school. Nerds who work for a Google contractors have organized with the Steelworkers union, we take a look at what their issues are. Chicago teachers are preparing to strike after the City refused to give them a fair contract that helps their lowest-paid employees. Trump is trying to take away collective bargaining rights for Graduate students, we look at why these students need the right to join a union. Police have been some of Trump's strongest supporters, even as other public employees have been attacked by him. LaGrange tries to explain why this is going on. Plus the House has opened an impeachment inquiry into Trump, we explain what impeachment means and what the process is for getting rid of him. The Met's may be out of the playoffs, but 12 teams are continuing on, UCOMM makes our picks on who will make it the World Series.

Plus LaGrange calls JR Baker a UAW Leader in Western New York, experienced striker Don Dunn of the CWA calls in, and thank you to Local 3 member Robert Morano who was our UCOMM Live $200 winner. Robert decided to donate his winnings to the Local 3 Spectrum Strike fund.

Plus we have an interview with the AFL-CIO's Liz Schuler. She talks to us at the NYC Labor Day Parade.

We remember 9/11 with Local 3 IBEW's Business Manager Chris Erikson.

Lenny is back to talk about the opioid crisis and some of the great work he did this past week volunteering in Philly. 

We look at how the NLRB has lost its way under Trump, his obsession with a weather map, and the 10,000 jobs that were lost because of his trade war.

Are union leaders getting younger? Panelist Cordelia Anthony was profiled by a local newspaper about this, so we take a look. Labor Day just passed and Trump sent out his annual Labor Day tweet attacking the AFL-CIO, unions, and Trumka, who wasn't the only one attacked over the weekend. That's right, UCOMM was vandalized and we have opened an investigation into who we think did it. Plus Antonio Brown got himself suspended, the Packers are playing the Bears, and we ask are the Mets for real?

On this week's show, we have audio from LaGrange on America's Workforce Radio in Ohio and we are joined by Chris Garlock, the host of Union City radio in Washington DC.

NLRB charges have been filed against Barstool Sports, what does that mean for the company?

The Freedom Foundation hires a terrorist to run their Oregon chapter, Antonio Brown is back on the field and wearing his helmet, the Mets are still in the Wild Card chase, and could Carli Lloyd become the first female to play in the NFL?

On this week's show we call out Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports for threatening his staff if they attempt to organize, Dave is scared of us.

Our intern Sarker explains why there aren't more Muslim's in the workforce, he has some interesting ideas.

Antonio Brown was the big signing by the Raiders, but he isn't playing because he refuses to wear his PPE's.

Chris Cuomo is in hot water after he was verbally attacked by a MAGA head. We have the audio of Cuomo standing up for himself.

The Governor of Massachusetts vetoes a popular bill that would protect employees right to have a voice at work, ICE conducts their biggest workplace raid ever, Democratic candidate Jay Inslee talks green, union jobs, Rich Trumka warns the Democratic Party not to take its base for granted, what to do when a boss bargains in the press and the Mets are only one game out of the wildcard. All this and more on this week's UCOMM Live.

Also, we chat up Mayor Pete going after bad employers, the New York Mets great trade deals, good jobs coming from the US Senate Energy Bill, and the show gets a lady's touch.

We are back after a short summer vacation in which our producer James got married and LaGrange headed to Jamacia.

On the show, we discuss the racists over at WOR 710, find out what they had to say about AOC and about the kids who are being kept in cages at the border.

In our Trump talk, his NLRB wants to allow employers to file for decertification elections and they want to deflate the rats you see at union protests. We dive into what going on and who's behind it. 

Plus a Trump mouthpiece's husband thinks Trump's a racist, unions are defending immigrants from ICE, we look at the new Labor Secretary after Alexander Acosta had to resign in shame over a sweetheart deal with a child predator, and we celebrate some new unions members. 

We apologize there is an audio echo until 18:43. Feel free to skip ahead.

Plus George was polled, he calls in.

Brooklyn's Tony Barone talks up CWA's Call Center Bill, the one in New York passed last night.

Farmworkers in New York are now allowed to organize and only have to work 60 hours a week before they can get overtime. Plus Uber and Lyft drivers want the state to reclassify them so they can join a union.

Did you see Manny Machado getting tossed from the game against the Rockies? The umps sure did and they aren't happy about the one game suspension Machado got.

The AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka hosts a town hall in Pittsburgh, we have audio from it and LaGrange talks about how effective these events are.