Labor Radio

This week, we walk the picket lines with the Carpenters and with OPEIU; take a look at recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions; look at non-funding of the NLRB; present our statistic of the week, and much more!

This week we hear about the Red Cross worker negotiations, discuss the impact of the right-leaning Supreme Court decisions on workers, learn about an important CUNA picket coming up, catch up with labor actions by the Red Cross, Starbucks workers, cannabis workers, and others, share a new statistic of the week and much more!

This week we have a report on the union vote at a Madison Starbucks; hear what Madison Teachers Incorporated says about the school district budget; find out how the decision to overturn Roe impacts union contracts and women's economic standing; hear from participants in last month's Poor People’s March in Washington, DC; get a new statistic of the week, and much more!

This week we are exploring the impact of today’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe versus Wade; sharing a report from a successful Labor Notes conference; learning about an action in Illinois in support of 'essential' workers who are treated as dispensible; celebrating Juneteenth in Madison; getting an update on OPEIU negotiations at CUNA Mutual, and much more!

This week we have a live report from the 2022 Labor Notes Conference, and hear a report ahead of the Saturday June 18 Poor People’s March in DC. We bring you updates on the UAW strike in southeast Wisconsin and on organizing at Starbucks and among video game workers, celebrate and hear warnings on the 117th anniversary fo the Wisconsin civil service system, get a new statistic of the week and much more!

This week we bring you news of important mobilizations including marches against gun violence in Madison, and for the Poor People’s campaign in DC. We learn the latest on the nurses’ fight to organize at UW Hospital and Clinics; get an update on organizing at CUNA Mutual, hear about a foreign policy initiative at the AFL-CIO; learn about an organizing drive in the video game industry; share a new statistic of the week, and much more!

This week we learn more about a walkout at Madison schools over low proposed raises, hear about the significance of the strike at Trachte, catch up with a union victory in Milwaukee and organizing at Apple Stores across the country, get news of a racial discrimination settlement in Waukesha, and much more! THIS IS A WORT PLEDGE WEEK EDITION OF LABOR RADIO.

This week we hear about the wins of Trachte and Raven software workers, get news on the negotiations at CUNA Mutual group, get details on NLRB actions against Starbucks, learn about negotiation difficulties for Red Cross and Case workers, speak with Madison teachers on their bargaining efforts, share a new statistic of the week and much more!

This week we delve deeper into the SMART strike at Trachte, look at the demands of Madison teachers, learn way Red Cross talks are stalled, check in on negotiations at CUNA Mutual, get an update on the Case strike, check out state and national actions around Starbucks unionization, and much more!

This week we share an update on the SMART Local 565 strike in Sun Prairie; learn more about a the struggle for a contract for Red Cross workers; check in on negotiations at CUNA Mutual; find out the latest on an investigation into a deadly workplace explosion from 2017; get updates on union actions across the state and the country, and much more!