Today, EPI is launching a weekly podcast to ensure workers’ voices are included in the national policy debate.

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Tonight, when the leading Democratic presidential candidates take the stage in Ohio, they’ll discuss issues ranging from healthcare to the environment. But will they talk about how these issues impact working families every single day?

Whether it’s fighting back against the Trump administration's repeated attacks on our collective bargaining rights, the U.S. Senate’s unwillingness to take up a $15 minimum wage bill passed by the House of Representatives, or weak overtime rules being implemented by Trump’s Department of Labor, as a country we need a real conversation about the policies needed to lift up working families and rebuild our middle-class.

Now, there’s EPI's brand new podcast, “The State of Working America.”

Click here to watch the very first episode of “The State of Working America,” which launches today and it will air every Tuesday. ([link removed])

In this weekly podcast, we’ll share stories directly from working people across the United States — providing a critical space for workers to share their concerns and struggles and discuss the policy solutions needed to raise wages and strengthen collective bargaining rights.

The 30-minute podcasts will address a wide range of issues, including: wage stagnation, inequality, worker power, racism, trade and education.

Our interviews will feature workers in various industry sectors, labor activists and union members engaged in trying to change workplaces for the better. The shows will also include thoughtful analysis from EPI’s own policy experts.

Keeping informed about the issues facing working families across the United States is an essential part of advancing effective policy solutions — and, each week, we will use this podcast to make sure policy makers hear and address the concerns of working families.

Here’s October’s podcast lineup:

Episode 1: Focuses on the role of race in the American economy and features an interview with Valerie Wilson, Director of EPI’s Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy.

Episode 2: Features Chris Lu, President Barack Obama’s Deputy Secretary of Labor.

Episode 3: Features Mickey Ray Williams, a Firestone tire plant worker who also serves as President of USW Local 12 in Gadsden, Alabama and Robert Scott, EPI’s Senior Economist and Director of trade policy.
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Our podcast will give you the unique opportunity to hear directly from working people and progressive economic policy experts. Working families across the United States are facing a long and growing list of major issues — from stagnant wages to the rising costs of healthcare to the relentless attacks on our collective bargaining rights. This weekly podcast provides our movement with a critical platform to communicate the stories of working people.

And as we grow the number of subscribers, we can use these personal accounts to help shape the national policy debate.

Click here to watch the first episode of “The State of Working America” podcast and subscribe today! ([link removed])

Thank you for doing your part to fight the relentless attacks on working people and demand an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few.

In solidarity,

Pedro da Costa
Director of Communications, Economic Policy Institute
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