Ken Edwards, Karen Kent and Ed Maher in the WGN Radio Studios.

The Workers’ Mic

The Workers’ Mic (9/10/23)

by: Ben Anderson

Posted: Sep 10, 2023 / 09:00 AM CDT

Updated: Sep 10, 2023 / 11:21 AM CDT

Ken Edwards, Karen Kent and Ed Maher in the WGN Radio Studios.

by: Ben Anderson

Posted: Sep 10, 2023 / 09:00 AM CDT

Updated: Sep 10, 2023 / 11:21 AM CDT

This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the MCL, Ed Maher returns from vacation to share the latest news in labor with Ken Edwards. Karen Kent, President of UNITE HERE Local 1, joins the show and details the big win for the workers at the Kinzie Hotel Chicago lockout.

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The program “The Workers’ Mic” that airs on WGN(AM) on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. is sponsored by the Midwest Coalition of Labor, Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Bond Brothers & Company Printers, The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 134, The Indiana Illinois Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting (IIIFFC), Kocher Insurance Group, The Chicago Laborers’ District Council / Laborers’ International Union of North America (Lecet-LiUNA), The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 399, Megent Financial, Mid-America Carpenters, MCL Credit Union, Premise Health, Stars and Stripes, Union Coded, and Voya Financial.