After Act 10 | SEIU, AFGE on the election | Pensions and fossil fuels | Letter carriers contract beef | Philly transit workers to walk | Hawai'i nurses win staffing ratios

After Act 10 | SEIU, AFGE on the election | Pensions and fossil fuels | Letter carriers contract beef | Philly transit workers to walk | Hawai'i nurses win staffing ratios

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio November 2, 2024 Duration: 29:08

A panel at the University of Wisconsin gives the good and bad news on organized labor in Wisconsin since Act 10, the SEIU Wisconsin president discusses endorsements and AFGE tells how a crisis in Social Security Administration staffing could get even worse under Project 2025, pension plans look to divest from investments in fossil fuels, rank-and-file letter carriers push back on a proposed contract, southeast Pennsylvania transit workers have authorized a system-wide strike for this week after contract talks break down, and nurses in Hawai'i won contract staffing ratio language even after Honolulu's leading hospital locked out nurses and arrested grandmas.


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