May Day | UW Palestine protest | Meriter picket | State workers meet | Another UAW win | Weeks for nurses, teachers

May Day | UW Palestine protest | Meriter picket | State workers meet | Another UAW win | Weeks for nurses, teachers

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio May 4, 2024 Duration: 30:04

May Day marches in Milwaukee and Madison, labor support for protests for Palestine at the University of Wisconsin, an informational picket by SEIU Wisconsin at UnityPoint Health-Meriter, AFSCME and AFT state workers meet to talk pay and hiring, the UAW gets another win in the South, a blood drive is coming up in Madison for Nurses Week, and Teacher Appreciation Week arrives.


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