Longshore, Boeing, auto workers fighting back | Hummus protest over Palestine | Wage gap | Organizer of the Year | Voting amendment | SCFL actions now

Longshore, Boeing, auto workers fighting back | Hummus protest over Palestine | Wage gap | Organizer of the Year | Voting amendment | SCFL actions now

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio September 28, 2024 Duration: 27:41

East Coast and Gulf longshore workers could strike this week, the Machinists reject Boeing management's latest "best and final" offer, the UAW says it will push back against announced layoffs at Stellantis, United Electrical workers nationally condemn Israeli attacks on Lebanon and a UE 1186 member describes an action in the Madison area, the gender wage gap lives on, Mitchell Johnson of IBEW Local 159 is the Wisconsin AFL-CIO Organizer of the Year, a November ballot measure would change voting rights in Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin South Central Federation of Labor-AFL-CIO has events planned ahead of the November election.


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