Chris Smalls freed | Amazon ruling | Unions unglued on Trump | Wisconsin vs. gig workers | Stage union prez | Social Security march in August | Hilo Massacre

Chris Smalls freed | Amazon ruling | Unions unglued on Trump | Wisconsin vs. gig workers | Stage union prez | Social Security march in August | Hilo Massacre

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio August 2, 2025 Duration: 27:43

Former Amazon Labor Union organizer Chris Smalls is freed from Israeli captivity after being abducted on the sea while bringing aid to Gaza, Amazon workers finally get rulings on charges filed at the National Labor Relations Board, national unions are having trouble unifying against actions of the Trump administration, a Wisconsin bill to strip gig workers of employee status goes to the desk of Governor Tony Evers, the president of IATSE Local 415 in Arizona talks to Labor Radio, there will be a march in support of Social Security in Madison this month, and the Rick Smith show remembers the police shooting of striking dock workers in Hilo, Hawai'i, in 1938.


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