Data center | Milwaukee Forge | Amazon to gut jobs, faces Teamsters in Kentucky | Anti-labor law,  pro-fed labor bills in Congress | Wage workshops in Madison

Data center | Milwaukee Forge | Amazon to gut jobs, faces Teamsters in Kentucky | Anti-labor law, pro-fed labor bills in Congress | Wage workshops in Madison

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio November 22, 2025 Duration: 28:17

The Building Trades Council and community members speaking at a public meeting are on opposite sides on building a data center in the DeForest area and Labor Radio hears from both side, new owners of Milwaukee Forge agree to keep the company open and retain union jobs, leaked documents detail how Amazon intends to slash jobs within three years using automation, Amazon drivers at a Kentucky facility march on the boss and declare their membership in Teamsters Local 89, A proposed GOP-sponsored would gut the National Labor Relations Act but another would return collective bargaining rights to federal employees, and Workers Justice Wisconsin will hold workshops in December on your protections from wage theft and other legal rights for workers,


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