Episode 26 - Holding China accountable for its unfair trade practices.

Holding China accountable for its unfair trade practices that have led to the loss of thousands of North American paper jobs is at the core of an important trade case in Washington, D.C. Hear members of the USW legislative and legal teams discuss the issue in this episode.

We also catch up with presidential candidate John Edwards during a stop on his poverty tour, and we visit with the son of a Steelworker whose blue-collar roots are the inspiration for his Grammy-award winning music.

The Creep of the Week highlights another questionable decision by the White House – and this one is putting American consumers at risk. Listen

Episode 25 - USW Presidential Forum

If you couldn’t make it to the recent USW Presidential Forum on Renewing Manufacturing in Cleveland, you can get caught up on all the news in this week’s POWERcast. Former Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich share their ideas for bringing good jobs back to America and discuss their agendas for working families.

There’s also a report on the first Battle of Homestead Bernie Kleiman lecture at Pittsburgh’s Pump House where former USW president Lynn Williams delivered the inaugural speech. And the Creep of the Week is another example of how Wall Street has a monopoly on media coverage. Listen

Episode 24 - Free Trade

In this week’s POWERcast , we go inside a big decision by congressional leaders on the trade front. It’s a big win for workers. We touch base with former Steelworkers’ President Lynn Williams, who shares his insightful thoughts about labor’s role in the future in a renewed progressive movement.

At the end of the broadcast we reveal the Creep of the Week – a mouthpiece for many of the world’s biggest businesses that think the bottom line is more important than human rights. Listen

Episode 23 - Latest on the Employee Free Choice Act

This week’s POWERcast brings you the latest on the Employee Free Choice Act and takes you to the Pennsylvania Statehouse, where Governor Ed Rendell is taking smart steps toward building a clean energy industry that works for workers and the environment.

You’ll hear why some of the presidential candidates are making the union vote a priority. And the Creep of the Week is an absolutely outrageous oversight that may have cost people their lives. Listen