GHC board | Meriter contract | School cafe workers | Cleric released | Trades careers program | Juneteenth | ITUC downgrades US

GHC board | Meriter contract | School cafe workers | Cleric released | Trades careers program | Juneteenth | ITUC downgrades US

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio June 27, 2026 Duration: 28:00

A Madison health cooperative that is facing a union organizing drive had questions about its board election procedures, Meriter Hospital support staff represented by SEIU Wisconsin agree to contract terms, AFSCME Local 60 speaks out against a plan to relocate food services workers from middle and high school to elementary, labor responds to the release of Milwaukee area Muslim leader Salah Sarsour, WRTP-Big Step offers pre-apprenticeship programs in the building trades, labor joins the Madison celebration of Juneteenth, and the International Trades Union Confederation puts the United States and Israel on its watchlist for violations of labor rights.


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