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Visit us or Message us on Facebook: Boiling Point on WAIF 88.3 FM 00:00:00 ? “40-Hour Week” (Alabama) 00:03:19 Station ID and disclaimers 00:05:40 Intro to today’s guests, topics, and the show 00:05:37 ? ”Talking Union” (Pete Seeger) 00:07:50 ?” This Land Is Your Land” (Pete Seeger) 00:10:40 Guests Wanda Ball, a member of Communities United For Action (CUFA) and Florence Miller, also a member of Communities United For Action (CUFA), join host Phil Amadon, engineer Nicole Klungle, AFL-CIO intern Kate George, and Fred Lampe of the Greater Cincinnati Building Trades to talk more about local water and sewer issues they intend to discuss at the February 2nd, 2019, Water Justice Field Hearing. Area residents will also be welcome to come tell their stories about issues they've been facing with water rights.  00:16:58 Guest Mary Aguilera from the Poor People’s Campaign joins the group to discuss more details about the Water Justice Field Hearing and local issues with water and the Metropolitan Sewer District. 00:52:17 ? “For Gene Debs” (Anne Feeney) 00:56:48 ? “If I Had a Hammer” (Peter, Paul & Mary) 00:58:51 ? “(There Is) Power in a Union” (Tom Juravich) 01:01:46 We return to recap the show. 01:05:02 Kate George offers some information on what the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council has been up to in conjunction with the Homeless Coalition and other organizations. 01:08:30 Casey Whitten-Amadon, an attorney for union workers, joins us by phone to discuss the USMCA—the new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)—and recent plant closings and how this will affect American workers. Read the White House description of NAFTA here and an analysis of the USMCA here. 01:37:43 ? “Voting Union” (Hays, Wood, Seeger, Glazer) 01:39:41 ? “Coal Tattoo” (Hazel Dickens) 01:42:40 Recap of the show so far and Casey’s commentary. 01:44:18 Paul Breidenbach of the Cincinnati AFL-CIO joins to update listeners on the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP). He also sheds light on Just Pay—Cincy, an initiative to crack down on wage theft in the building trades and construction industries. 1:52:45 ? “Which Side Are You On” (Natalie Merchant) 1:57:46 ? “Talking Union” (Pete Seeger)