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Leslie is joined by Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO. With 12.5 million members, the AFL-CIO is the largest organization of labor unions in the country.

They discuss how, despite Donald Trump tapping into the very real and understandable anger of working people, his pitch to them is nothing but a scam. President Trumka also highlights some examples of this like Trump's support for 'Right to Work' and Wisconsin's Union-busting Governor, Scott Walker.

They also discuss Trump's comments that wages are already too high, and how he's fighting tooth and nail against workers at his hotel in Las Vegas.

An outspoken advocate for social and economic justice, President Trumka is the nation’s clearest voice on the critical need to raise workers’ wages in this slow and painful economic recovery.

He heads the labor movement’s efforts to create an economy based on broadly shared prosperity and to hold government and employers accountable to working families.

Here is where you can find the AFL-CIO online:
Website - www.AFLCIO.org
Twitter - @AFLCIO and @RichardTrumka
Facebook - Facebook.com/AFLCIO

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Leslie is joined by Les Leopold, the Executive Director of the Labor Institute in New York.

They discuss his new book entitled "Runaway Inequality: An Activist's Guide to Economic Justice." The book charts the connections between rising economic inequality and other critical issues we face – ranging from climate change to mass incarceration – and calls for a collective response across issue silos.

Les Leopold is a graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, and the author of The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor, The Looting of America, and How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour.
His website is www.RunawayInequlaity.org and his Twitter handle is @Les_Leopold.

Leslie is rejoined by Scott N. Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America’s leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union.

They discuss what the presidential candidates have been saying about manufacturing and why it is going to matter even more as the campaign moves ahead to states like South Carolina and Ohio, where manufacturing plays a bigger role.

Scott Paul's Twitter handle is @ScottPaulAAM and the website for AAM is www.AmericanManufacturing.org.

Leslie is joined by Eric Heins, President of the California Teachers Association.

They discuss the Supreme Court case of "Friedrichs v the California Teachers Association."
The lawsuit challenges the authority of the CTA and other public-employee unions to collect mandatory fees, a main source of their income and, by extension, their power. (source: http://tinyurl.com/zd73yha)

TWITTER: @EricHeins and @CATeachersAssoc

WEBSITE: www.CTA.org

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Leslie is rejoined by Fred Redmond, International Vice President of Human Affairs for the United Steelworkers Union.

We discuss how the richest 1% in America are trying to divide workers based on race, religion, sexual preference and more. This is covered in Fred's recent blog for The Huffington Post entitled "Hate Costs Workers Dearly." (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fred-redmond/hate-costs-workers-dearly_b_8979612.html)

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Leslie is joined by Ken Hall, Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer and President of Teamsters Local 175 in West Virginia.

They discuss how working men and women are getting together in West Virginia to tell their legislators that 'right to work' is wrong for West Virginians since it will allow corporate interests to weaken worker protections and drive down wages.

The Twitter handle for the Teamsters is @Teamsters and their website is www.Teamster.org.

I'm joined by Roxanne Brown, the Assistant Legislative Director of the United Steelworkers (USW), and Holly Hart, Assistant to the International President and Legislative Director for the USW.

We discuss the USW's role at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, where they urged participating countries to retrain and provide transition assistance to workers in industries that will be affected by attempts to curb carbon pollution.

We then discussed how the proposed TPP would injure working Americans and foster the closing and off-shoring of vital American industry, such as steel, aluminum and vehicle manufacturing.

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I'm joined by Rome Aloise, Teamsters International Vice President, President of Teamsters Joint Council 7 and Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 853 in San Leandro, Calif.

We discuss shuttle drivers who transport Facebook employees to and from work joining Teamsters Local 853 in San Leandro, CA. They also ratified a strong agreement providing for significant wages, benefit improvements and gains mirroring or exceeding the Facebook/Loop Transportation contract already in place.
These drivers join a growing number of Silicon Valley workers choosing Teamsters.

Twitter: @IBTRome and @Teamsters

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I'm joined by Scott N. Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America’s leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union. We discuss AAM's 2015 Made In America Gift Guide. Why is it important to try to shop American during the Holidays? As Scott Paul tells us, if Americans spent only $60 more per year on American made gifts, we'd create 200,000 new manufacturing jobs!

Here is a link to AAM's 2015 Made In America Gift Guide - http://www.americanmanufacturing.org/blog/entry/2015-made-in-america-holiday-gift-guide

I'm joined by Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Now that the text of the TPP is finally available, we discuss how and why the agreement is actually worse than we thought after reading it.

Here is Leo's HuffPost blog from this week on the matter - http://tinyurl.com/nmq4y49

Leo's Twitter handle is @USWblogger and the USW's website is www.USW.org.

I'm joined by Kim Keller, Teamsters Human Right's Activist and David Kimbrue, who is a worker fired from Taylor Farms for Union Activities. We discuss a recent chemical spill at Taylor Farms in which management failed to evacuate the plant. During the incident, workers who complained about overpowering fumes were given dust masks and told to keep working. They suffered nose-bleeds, dizziness, vomiting and fainting. Among those taken away in ambulances, two were pregnant women. (http://tinyurl.com/pdoak8l)

I'm joined by Doug Bloch, political director at Teamsters Joint Council 7 since 2010, and Raul Alfaro, Lead Organizer with the Teamster Union.

We discuss how workers at the world's largest salad processor, Taylor Farms, are calling for an investigation after twenty employees were hospitalized after the company told employees to keep working amid a chemical spill.

(Press release from Teamster regarding the incident --> https://teamster.org/news/2015/10/twenty-taylor-farms-workers-hospitalized-after-company-tells-employees-keep-working)

I'm joined by Alex Paz, a Port Truck Driver at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach since 2006. Alex fought for – and won – the right to be classified as an “employee.” Then, while serving as a panelist at the White House, he called on President Obama to increase penalties on companies that engage in wage theft and tax fraud.

I'm joined by Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). We discuss how and why the TPP is great for corporations and a disaster for American manufacturing and American workers.
Here is Leo's HuffPost blog from this week on the matter - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-w-gerard/tpp-foie-gras-for-corpora_b_8276914.html

I am joined by Randy Korgan, Teamsters Joint Council 42 Organizing Director. We discuss why elected officials and the Teamsters are demanding that San Bernardino County in California keep its promises to its county employees.

"County workers perform crucial jobs such as 911 dispatchers, techs at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, child abuse hotline workers, building and bridge inspectors, flood specialists and many more. Their contract promises a
step increase every year, but last year the County started holding back those wage increases for months or even a year. In June, the County agreed to make up for the step increases it had held back, but then reneged on the agreement days later.

Despite reporting budget surpluses each year since 2005, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has asked public employees to take cuts in wages, healthcare and retirement and now pays employees far less than public employees neighboring counties."

Quote sourced from: http://teamster.org/news/2015/08/teamsters-elected-officials-demand-san-bernardino-county-keep-its-promises

I'm rejoined by Stan Johnson, International Secretary-Treasurer of the USW (United Steel Workers).

Stan, callers, and I discuss why China is devaluing its currency, and how it's hurting our economy, our workers and our country. We also discuss what can be done to stop it.

I'm rejoined by Rome Aloise, International Vice President with the Teamsters, President of Teamsters Joint Council 7, and Secretary-Treasurer of Local 853 in San Leandro, Calif.

We discuss the decision by Google Express workers to choose Teamsters representation.

I am joined by Kevin Moore, President of Teamsters Local 299 in Detroit. We discuss his and the Teamsters concerns regarding Toyota.

"Toyota spent years trying to regain consumer confidence after mass recalls in 2009-2011 due to sticking gas pedals and faulty floor mats. Millions more Toyotas are being recalled due to dangerous faulty airbags.

Now, on top of these very public issues, Toyota is bidding out much of its automobile transport work to small, unproven operators who undercut the health care protections and retirement security of their drivers," says Kevin Moore.

I am joined by Louis Malizia, the Assistant Director of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Corporate & Strategic Initiatives Department.

We discuss the Executive Compensation at McKesson, the country’s largest wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, coming under fire yet again.

More background info. can be found here - http://tinyurl.com/ph7zbjw

I am joined by four outstanding guests live from the American Federation of Teachers' 'TEACH 2015' Conference. Here is the order of guests that I interview on a number of important issues relating to the American Education system, our children, and our Teachers.

1. Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers. (@RWeingarten on Twitter)

2. Mary Cathryn Ricker, the executive vice president of the American Federation of Teachers. (@MCRicker on Twitter)

3. Nick Faber, Vice President of the St. Paul Federations of Teachers. (@NFabe on Twitter)

4. Kyle Zimmer, President and CEO of First Book, an organization that distributes millions of new books and educational resources every year to the largest and fastest growing network of schools and programs across the United States and Canada. (@KyleFirstBook on Twitter)

You can learn more about the American Federation of Teachers on their website, www.AFT.org. Follow them on Twitter at @AFTunion. 'Like' them on Facebook at Facebook.com/AFTunion.