North Carolina's Unions Have a New, Young Leader: Braxton Winston - TVLR 10/18/25

We talk about the shutdown and its impacts throughout the program today. We also have Lew Drass, a letter carrier from Huntsville on to talk about their union. We also have Braxton Winston, the North Carolina AFL-CIO president on to talk about his presidency and worker power in North Carolina.

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