Labor Radio
By WORT-FM Labor Radio
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Labor Radio is news by, for, and about working people in Madison, Wisconsin and around the world. It originates out of the studios of WORT 89.9 FM Madison.
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Teachers to rally | Child labor vetoed | Biden in Madison: Policies, protest | UAW at Harvard | IUOE vs. rat contractors | Workers Fair at UW | Pharmacy workers organize
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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PLAs and utilities | UW nurses union move | Election results | Family leave and UW | Bama auto plant files | Worker justice | Events this week
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Election Day and labor | Willy Street contract | State workers unions still here | Child labor finding | Biden campaign visit | WI Supremes on employee status | AI and workers
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Elections, cards in big week at Starbucks stores | ILO on forced labor worldwide | April 2 referenda | Meriter update | UAW in Tennessee | Pay gap | Georgia vs. unions | ERA on March 22, 1972
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Starbucks worker talks organizing, Monday's elections | Madison school referendum? | Dollar General workers walk | Meriter update | SCFL conference | More unions for Gaza ceasefire | Minny mobilizes | Immigration report
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Sourdough contract | City job cuts? | VP Harris to Madison to talk jobs, hears about Palestine | Women in Construction | Poor People's march | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Meriter negotiations | Starbucks talks to start | MTI and new supe | Child labor on the rise | Poor People's rally | Teamsters and Anheuser-Busch | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Two Starbucks campaigns | IUOE pickets | Webcrafters leaving | New maps | Poor Peoples Campaign | Tenants fight | Frederick Douglass
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Fire Bob! | Labor going forward in MN+MI, backward in WI law | Purple 4 Palestine | Big house for Cambria mill bosses | DALE protections | Velma Hopkins
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Starbucks Milwaukee election win, Ocean Spray loss | Meriter talks begin | Planned Parenthood staff organizing | UW system cuts | Hattie Canty
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Ocean Spray and IBEW | OSHA slaps Schoeps | More on UW cuts | Boston area teachers strike | Wisconsin Farmers Union | Right to starve
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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UW system cuts | Palestine, Madison, and SCFL | Unions after Act 10 | Cal State U, CostCo, Microsoft, credit union workers | Famers Union | District maps latest
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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South Africa, trade unions, and Palestine | UAW in 1937 and today | Child labor | SCOTUS and SBUX | Rank and file power
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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MLK and labor | Meriter staff negotiations | University system cuts | Google union win | Battery factory closure | UAW in Alabama
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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MLK Day preparation | Starbucks organizing at Marquette | Fair maps after the WI court ruling | Milwaukee letter carriers take action | SCFL education and youth outreach | Upcoming contracts | 2023 in labor
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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2023 labor news discussion | Ellen LaLuzurne
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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North Pole organizing report | Labor year in review | Unions call for ceasefire | Wisconsin retirees | Government rulings against bosses
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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MG&E, TruStage contracts ratified | UW workers caught in GOP culture wars | Fantasy in Lights | No holiday for postal workers || Wisconsin labor actions for Palestine | UAW reaching beyond Big 3 | Cambria explosion settlement
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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OPEIU 39 tentative deals at both TruStage, MG&E | Labor marches for Palestine | Union at Lambeau | Long hand of Act 10 | UAW in Tennessee |
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Act 10 lawsuit | Amazon union leader fired | Postal service hours | Hospital staff bargaining starts | UAW targets non-union auto | BIRTHDAY BASH PLEDGE EDITION
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Special on the UAW and the Big 3 strike: Interviews with Dawnya Ferdinandsen and Jane Slaughter
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Starbucks Red Cup Day strike | Job cuts at UW-Parkside | School voucher lawsuit | Protest against Gaza death contractor | Madison's budget and workers | Feds rule on Wisconsin worker death
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Madison labor rally | Nurses charge UW understaffing | EA, paraprofessional wages in Monona schools | SAG-AFTRA agreement | IBEW 2150 strike authorization | Labor resolutions on Palestine | Union Red Cup Day | Wisconsin Watch unionizes
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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November 4 labor march in Madison | UAW gains big for all | Labor and Palestine | Oakwood Village worker speaks | WIsconsin voting maps | Midwest workers lag | Wisconsin teaching assistants
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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SEIU Wisconsin inks Oakwood contract, rallies for fair maps, gets ready for Meriter talks | UAW-Ford agreement | Organizing at Expiris Gaming | OSHA goes heavy on some bosses | and more
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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OPEIU 39-MG&E struggle continues | Attacks on state higher ed | Palestine and labor | Fain and UAW latest | Worker Justice has a union | Madison talks equity talk, doesn't walk walk | and more
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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UAW, Kaiser strikes | State workers rally | NLRB, EEOC rulings against bosses | Teachers need more pay | District map battle
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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UAW picketers speak | UAW Fain's latest | Kaiser Permanente strike | Worker health action at Madison Starbucks | Wisconsin state workers mobilize | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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UAW: Fain latest strike expansion, rally in Milwaukee, Frank's analysis | OPEIU-TruStage update | Hollywood writers settle | Demo up for UW-Oshkosh | PLEDGE WEEK
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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UAW strike Week Two | Noble Knight, Madison Sourdough talks | Krogers-Albertsons merger and labor | State worker compensation plan | Fair Labor Standards | Labor-pizza anniversary
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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UAW strike Day 1 | Crushin' It workers speak | OPEIU-MG&E impasse | State starves regional unis | Poverty report | Impeach threat | Medicaid Army
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Lightning Starbucks walkout | Monona teachers turn a vote | Agreement at Noble Knight | OPEIU 39 and TruStage, UFCW and Madison Sourdough, UFAS and UW | Will UAW strike? | NAACP Labor Week
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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New contracts for carpenters, electricians | MG&E and OPEIU 39 latest | LaborFest '23 this Monday | SEIU takes on Appleton hospital | TAA challenges | Feds say: More overtime | March on Washington at 60 | and more
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Electrician apprentices | SCFL Youth Committee | SEIU rallies in MKE | UAW strike authorization | Labor Fest vol opportunities | Line 5 | Dirty drywall | NLRB ruling
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Madison eviction crisis | Sourdough worker speaks | OPEIU 39, IBEW 2304 latest | UAW ready to fight Big 3 | Farm labor
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Latest on MG&E and two unions | Starbucks, Madison Sourdough workers in tough battles | Yellow takes money, runs, fails, blames workers | Wisco Supremes and voting | Marvel animator superheroes | Minimum wage
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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OPEIU 39 march, negotiations | Leinie's workers walk the line | Unions help civil rights | Child labor: D'you want fries with that? | New blood on Wisco Supremes | Hollywood strike latest | OSHA cites Dollar General | Starbucks action
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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OPEIU to march | Teamsters-UPS | Contract at Kohler | Heat standards? Huh? | Waukesha teacher and rights | Restaurant wage theft |
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Strike Summer | Teamsters-UPS, Hollywood actors and writers, OPEIU-TruStage updates | Waukesha teacher firing | Faith community vs. border horror | Stanford grad students vote for union | Bosses want kids working
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Sourdough worker speaks * Crushin' It finding * OPEIU-TruStage, Teamsters-UPS latest * Actors walk * Juneteenth resolution latest
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Negotiation updates: Teamsters-UPS, IBEW-MG&E, Colectivo * Starbucks strike for LGBTQIA+ * A child, a sawmill, and death in Florence * Evers to perma-fund education ? * Juneteenth * and more
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Education and the budget * OPEIU-TruStage stalemate * Air quality standards * Green Bay workplace horrors * Unions and universal healthcare * WABTEC walkout * Teamsters-UPS *
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Deep Dive on School Funding Deal, Vouchers * Madison Teachers Salary Win * Pay Discrimination in Verona * OPEIU-TruStage Update * Happy Bday, WI Civil Service * Childcare Cut, Child Labor Pushed * Teamsters-UPS Latest
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Non-Compete Clauses and You * Teamsters Authorize UPS Strike * Juneteenth in Madison * OPEIU-TruStage Update * Minnesota Budget >> Wisconsin
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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SCOTUS vs. workers * OPEIU and TruStage update * MGE workers * New TAA presidents speak * Layoffs in Brillion * New Colectivo contract * Jobs report
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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OPEIU 39 Strike in Week 2 * Madison Starbucks Union Vote Win * UAW and Master Lock * Amazon Walkout * Federal Budget and Workers * PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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OPEIU 39 On the Line * SEIU-Meriter Contract * Gary Mitchell * Letter Carriers * Public Education * Bean Feed * Starbucks Latest
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May 26, 2023 |
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OPEIU 39 On Strike * Meriter Settlement * Starbucks Strikes Back * IBEW-MGE Talks * Rally for Schools * Why Union?
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May 19, 2023 |
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Solidarity with OPEIU 39 * Public schools * Nurses Week * Palestine and labor * Letter carriers food drive
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May 12, 2023 |
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IBEW Cares * Faith-Labor * May Day in Wisconsin * Nurses Week * Rally for Public Education * WGA Strike * Pulp Mill
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May 05, 2023 |
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OPEIU Local 39 CUNA workers authorize strike * Another Madison Starbucks organizes * May Day and a Day Without Immigrants * Meriter update * Workers Memorial Day * Faith+Labor
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Remembering Ellen LaLuzerne * Union struggle at CUNA * Rutgers strike settled
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Raven union victory | Reproductive rights march | Getting out the vote | Minnesota nurses, Chicago college faculty act | Report from France | Alabama prisoners | and more
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Madison school support staff | COSATU, Palestine, and Madison | Wisconsin Red Cross workers still fighting | Starbucks suits no match for worker power | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION!
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Restaurant workers walk | Workers leverage up | Minnesota nurses | Postal service | Madison reproductive rights march | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION!
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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UW Health nurses, Red Cross workers get agreements! | CUNA workers still fight, Minnesota nurses still strike | Rail workers struggle | For Our Future union | and more
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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UW nurses to walk | Minnesota nurses already on strike | LaborFest voices | National and state labor law changes | and more
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Labor Day Special! | UW nurses to walk | Teamsters v. Madison ruling | Chipotle union | Teacher pay | and more
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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UW Nurses give notice | Low teacher pay | Union, community on Red Cross negotiations | LaborFest is back! | Postal workers news | Ohio teachers | and more
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Lunchtime picket at CUNA | UW Health snubs NAACP | Red Cross bleeds workers | Minny nurses, Cali health workers strike | IRA impact | Starbucks doesn't care about your stinking labor laws | Sweatshop soup | Voces forum | and more
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Colectivo Coffee, OPEIU-CUNA negotiation support actions | NAACP and UW nurses | Elections: Poll workers, AFSCME view | Steve Mazar remembered | CASE strike update | and more
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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UW nurses getting ready | Word out on Red Cross workers | IBEW organizes For Our Future | Teacher shortage | Dobbs decision vs. workers | UW COVID policy | and more
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Madison teachers get real wage pay cut | Migrant worker health rules to lapse | CUNA negotiations | Strike at CASE | Child labor in Bama | and more
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Dying for Prime Day | Rail strike? | Dobbs vs. health care | Election official speaks | IAM Horicon talks to start | Congressional aides union | Chipotle with a side of umion busting | Lowest minimum wage | and more
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Carpenters walk line vs shady hiring | OPEIU walks line for fair contract | Wisco Supreme Court shenanigans | South America moves left | NLRB starved | and more
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Red Cross workers agreement | Dane County nurses speak out | Madison Starbucks worker speaks | CUNA picket July 9th | NNU for abortion rights | SCOTUS vs workers | UFCW and cannabis workers | and more
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Madison Starbucks union vote win! | Teachers stretched | Dobbs decision slams union health provisions, women's economic status | Teamsters and cannabis workers | and more
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Roe falls, labor response | 'Essential' 'heroes' get dumped, fight back | Labor Notes report | Madison Juneteenth | COVID $ shenanigans in WI | OPEIU-CUNA update | Amazon feels victimized | and more
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Labor Notes kicks off | Poor people march | Microsoft ❤ CWA? | Starbucks CEO rants | Happy Birthday Wisco Civil Service | Case strike update | and more
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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WIsconsin AG backs UW nurses | Upcoming marches against guns, for poor people | Union action at Dollar General, Edmonton video game company | AFL-CIO and foreign policty | CUNA-OPEIU negotiations | Home health worker wages | and mre
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Madison school walkout | SCFL on Trachte contract | Pabst Theatre has a union | EEOC finds racial discrimination in Waukesha | Apple Stores organizing | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Labor victories! Union vote wins at Raven | Trachte strike settled | CUNA sits down with OPEIU | NLRB cites Starbucks | Madison teachers, Case, Red Cross struggles continue | Racial disparities | and more
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May 27, 2022 |
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Trachte and Case strikes continue | Madison teachers want a contract | Red Cross and CUNA standoffs | Starbucks union wave | Long COVID | and more
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May 20, 2022 |
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From the Trachte picket line | Red Cross vs. workers | CUNA negotiations update | Didion explosion ruling | NLRB vs Amazon | and more
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May 13, 2022 |
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SMART Local 565 set to strike Trachte | UAW strike at Case | May Day a Day Without Immigrants and Latinx | Nurses' Week blood drive | CUNA and Starbucks updates | NYC Amazon union vote defeat at second shop, and more
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May 06, 2022 |
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May Day preview | Workers Memorial Day | Raven vote starts | Union blood drive | CUNA and Starbucks updates | Medicare For All | and more!
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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NLRB says: Raven Software union vote to happen! | Workers' Memorial Day | May Day: Day Without Immigrants \ May Day: CUNA picket | New low in Wiscomandering | National Nurses Week preview, and more
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Remembering Steve Masar | CUNA crunch time | SCFL organizing | NLRB wants Joy Silk back | A working farmer | Starbucks latest, and more
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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MIT grad student union | NLRB vs. 'captive meetings' | Privatizing Medicare | Amazon union! | Amazon sued! | School board results | School Lunch Justice | CUNA negotiation update, and more
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Amazon win in NYC! | Starbucks union in Madison | CUNA negotiations | NLRB ok's Colectivo vote | Joe Hill on stage | Poor people fight | Election Tuesday, and more
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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CUNA contract negotiations | New Meriter contract | Voting maps | City vs. Teamsters | Labor resolution on the war | Joe Hill on stage, and more
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Colectivo fight comes to Madison | Minneapolis teachers strike update | Rural schools | Women workers in Wisconsin, and more
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Striking Minneapolis teachers speak | Public-sector unions under Act 10 | Drivers organize | Baseball settles | Postal service bill | Poor People Campaign | PLEDGE WEEK
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Willy Street workers agree to new contract | Sports workers update: US Women’s Soccer pay equity, baseball locked out | UW nurses latest | Wiscomandering | McDonald's EEOC settlement | PLEDGE WEEK
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Tentative agreement at Willy Street | UW nurses rally for union | Starbucks workers rally | IATSE members return to work and more
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Starbucks union drive hits Wisco | Vouchers threaten public schools | Raven union drive to NLRB and more
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Madison labor on the move | Victory in Mexico | Who sets UW COVID policy | Post office reform and more
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Dane County nurses | Organizing at Starbucks, Amazon and Raven | Union density and more
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Pay discrimination in Verona WI | GOP goes document fishing | District maps and more
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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UW nurses keep fighting | Raven wants a union | City tries to shrink Teamsters and more
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Colectivo union fights | UW nurses take action | UW workers get paid and more
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Madison Public Schools delayed return | OSHA’s COVID regulations | UW trades workers get a raise | and more
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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2021 Labor Radio Retrospective
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Fantasy in Lights review | Baseball lockout | postal worker contract highlights and more
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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K12 staffing issues | Nurses organizing | ProAct upcoming actions | Covid-19 report
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Kellogg agreement | recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision | UAW union leadership changes and more
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Strike ends at John Deere but Kellogg's continues | stagehands contracts | get funky with VO5 and UW Nurses
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Strike updates, Calling out Ron Johnson, Apprenticeship Week and Worker Justice Wisconsin
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Nov 12, 2021 |