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Oct. 7, 2019 8:54 am

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Show live from Labor Live with Thom Hartmann! in Carol Stream, IL w/ WCPT 820AM - Chicago's Progressive Talk
Labor Panel
- Jim Allen, President - Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers
- John Daniel, Business Manager - Sheetmetal Workers Of Smart 265.
- Louis Cairo, Senior Partner - GWC Personal Injury Law
Impeachment, economy, jobs, is the tide turning?
Whistleblower complaint, contempt, apprenticeships, misclassification of employees
The important issues that affect all of us... meet the candidates, healthcare, pensions, right to work and more

Friday's Daily Stack

Show live from Labor Live with Thom Hartmann! in Carol Stream, IL w/ WCPT 820AM - Chicago's Progressive Talk ... for a Labor Panel featuring special guests in Union leadership discussing the important issues that affect all of us....

Hour One: Impeachment, economy, jobs, is the tide turning?
- Jim Allen, President - Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers

- John Daniel, Business Manager - Sheetmetal Workers Of Smart 265.
- Louis Cairo, Senior Partner - GWC Personal Injury Law

Article: "Impeachment News Roundup: Volker testifies, while Trump repeats his call for foreign election help" by Hunter.

Article: "Volker provided evidence Giuliani ran 'shadow shakedown' in Ukraine, Democrat says" by Rebecca Shabad and Alex Moe.

Video: Jordan: Volker testimony undermines Democrats' narrative.

Article: "Trump's former Ukraine envoy reveals damaging texts" by John Bresnahan.

Video: "After Volker testimony, Democrats release text messages on Ukraine scandal".

Article: "Intel inspector general testifies about whistleblower complaint on Trump and Ukraine" by Benjamin Siegel.

Article: "Odd markings, ellipses fuel doubts about the rough transcript of Trump's Ukraine call" by Carol D. Leonnig, Craig Timberg and Drew Harwell.

Article: "The Trump-Zelensky Phone Call: Key Takeaways From Two New Documents" by Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman.

Article: "Read the Inspector General's letter on the Ukraine whistleblower complaint" by Josie Hollingsworth.

Tweet: "As the President of the United States, I have an absolute right, perhaps even a duty, to investigate, or have investigated, CORRUPTION, and that would include asking, or suggesting, other Countries to help us out!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Mitch McConnell raises money vowing to stop impeachment" by Alex Rogers.

Article: "Trump to tell Pelosi that White House won't cooperate on impeachment until the full House votes" by David Jackson.

Article: "Watergate scandal" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "What did @realDonaldTrump promise China in exchange for interfering in our election? An easier deal on trade? Ignoring crackdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement? Condoning repression of religious freedom? #TruthExposed" by Nancy Pelosi.

Article: "Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton. Were They Listening?" by Michael S. Schmidt.

Article: "Index tracking U.S. services sector activity falls to 3-year low" by Courtenay Brown.

Article: "How the China trade war threatens U.S. manufacturing jobs" by Erica Pandey. "We do not want to get in the middle of the US politics"

Article: "5 things to know about Eugene Scalia, Trump's new labor secretary with a famous dad" by Alexia Fernández Campbell.

Article: "Scott Walker (politician)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bruce Rauner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "William Rehnquist" by Wikipedia.

Article: "John Roberts" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Impeachment" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Corey Lewandowski's chaotic congressional testimony, explained" by Andrew Prokop.

Article: "Amash pledges to join Democrats to impeach Trump" by Scott Wong.

Article: "Flake, Corker can't break the GOP fever" by Stephen Collinson.

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)" by Public Citizen.

Article: "North Korean Missile Delivers a Message: There's Little Japan Can Do" by Motoko Rich.

Article: "Impeachment process against Richard Nixon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" by Saul McLeod.

Article: "US adds just 136,000 jobs in September amid signs of slowdown" by Dominic Rushe.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Article: "Lauren Underwood" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cohen: Trump isn't joking when he says he can 'shoot someone on 5th Avenue and get away with it'" by MSNBC.

Hour Two: Whistleblower complaint, contempt, apprenticeships, misclassification of employees
- Jim Allen, President - Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers

- John Daniel, Business Manager - Sheetmetal Workers Of Smart 265.
- Louis Cairo, Senior Partner - GWC Personal Injury Law

Site: Operating Engineers Local 399.

Site: Painters District Council #14.

Site: Stars And Stripes Screenprinting.

Site: Frugal Muse.

Tweet: "When the only American citizen President Trump singles out for China's investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the Democratic nomination process, it strains credulity to suggest that it is anything other than politically motivated." by Mitt Romney.

Tweet: "By all appearances, the President's brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden is wrong and appalling." by Mitt Romney.

Article: "Teapot Dome scandal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "IRS whistleblower said to report Treasury political appointee might have tried to interfere in audit of Trump or Pence" by Jeff Stein, Tom Hamburger and Josh Dawsey.

Article: "Contempt of Congress" (inherent contempt, criminal contempt, civil contempt) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nixon White House tapes" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Susan McDougal Goes to Jail For Not Testifying on Clinton" by Stephen Labaton.

Book: The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails 'Cover-Up'" by David Johnston.

Article: "Judge rejects Democrats' bid to speed lawsuit for Trump's tax returns" by Brian Faler.

Article: "Billionaire Activist Tom Steyer: You Want Trump Out? Buy Clear Channel." by Thom Hartmann.

Site: "Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program".

Article: "Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) - August 1981 strike" by Wikipedia.

Article: "UK miners' strike (1984-85)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Misclassification of employees as independent contractors" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Volker: Trump said Ukraine 'tried to take me down' and was influenced by negative information from Giuliani" by Jeremy Herb.

Article: "State Department inspector general gives Congress documents that Giuliani provided" by Jeremy Herb, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju and Jennifer Hansler.

Article: "Don't Treat Contractors Like Employees" by Reuters.

Article: "84-Year-Old Grandma Killed By Amazon Delivery Truck In Little Village" by Joe Ward.

Article: "By 2020, 50% of the Americans are Expected to be Working as Independent Contractors" by Zubair Alexander.

Article: "New Jersey Joins A String Of States Cracking Down On Employee Misclassification" by Daniel L. Schwartz.

Article: "Industry Would Govern Apprenticeships In Labor Department Plan" by Ben Penn, Jaclyn Diaz.

Hour Three: The important issues that affect all of us... meet the candidates, healthcare, pensions, right to work and more
- Jim Allen, President - Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers

- John Daniel, Business Manager - Sheetmetal Workers Of Smart 265.
- Louis Cairo, Senior Partner - GWC Personal Injury Law

Article: Matt Hansen.

Site: Jim Malone for State Representative, District 66.

Site: Lynn Gray.

Site: Peter Janko for State Representative IL63.

Site: Alice Wilson Judge Dupage.

Tweet: "Big $$ number for @ewarren, continuing her roll. Long way to go but you put all the evidence together-polling, organization, messaging and enthusiasm-you'd have to say she is now the frontrunner to win the Dem nomination. https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/04/elizabeth-warren-third-quarter-fundraising-027426" by David Axelrod.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren raises $24.6 million in third quarter" by Alex Thompson.

Article: "The Supreme Court decision gutting public sector unions, explained: Janus v. AFSCME" by Dylan Matthews.

Article: "Bonus chapter to The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump has appointed third-most federal judges through October 1 of a president's third year" by Joel Williams.

Article: "What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now" by Ron Elving.

Article: "Neil Gorsuch" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Brett Kavanaugh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ruth Bader Ginsburg" by Wikipedia.

Article: "When Neil Gorsuch put corporate interests over a man freezing to death" by Joanna Walters.

Event: 4-6 Oct: Minneapolis: "Trades Women Build Nations conference".

Article: "Right-to-work law" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Taft-Hartley Labor Act", 1947.

Law: "The National Labor Relations Act (The Wagner Act)", 1935.

Article: "Cost of living" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Consumer Price Index" by BLS.

Article: "Consumer Price Index for the elderly" (CPI-E) by BLS.

Article: "PBGC Projections: Multiemployer Program Insolvent in FY 2025" by PBGC.

Article: "The Butch Lewis Act Takes Important Step Forward" by Holly Fechner and Peter Rechter.

Bill: "S.2254 - Butch Lewis Act of 2019" by Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH].

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