Act 15 | Walmart wage theft | Big Annie | Dred Scott | 1890s Oshkosh strike | PLEDGE WEEK

Act 15 | Walmart wage theft | Big Annie | Dred Scott | 1890s Oshkosh strike | PLEDGE WEEK

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio March 7, 2026 Duration: 29:06

Wisconsin's Act 15 would put even more work requirements on the underfunded University of Wisconsin system and the co-president of the faculty union talks to Labor Radio, Walmart has to pay out millions in a multistate wage theft case involving driving gigs, a northern Michigan town is raising a statue honoring early 20th-century labor organizer "Big Annie" Clemenc, Rick Smith looks at the notorious Dred Scott case, and Labor Radio looks back at a late 19th woodworkers strike in Oshkosh in which women took a major role. THIS IS A PLEDGE WEEK EDITION.


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