Meriter contract rally | TSA local prez speaks | ICE Out UW meets | TAA today | Quick New York U strike agreement | Equal Pay Day | Dolores Huerta

Meriter contract rally | TSA local prez speaks | ICE Out UW meets | TAA today | Quick New York U strike agreement | Equal Pay Day | Dolores Huerta

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio March 28, 2026 Duration: 29:43

Meriter Hospital support staff and labor and community supporters rally at the hospital to demand a fair contract, AFGE Local 777 President Darrell English describes what his members are going through as they are forced to work without pay, a union an student coalition at UW Madison organizes against ICE oppression on campus, Labor Radio looks at what's up at the nation's oldest teaching assistant's union, striking non-tenured faculty forced a quick agreement at New York University, March 26 was Equal Pay Day as women's pay still lags behind, and Labor Radio looks at the work of United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta.


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Duration: 29:39
Letter carriers rally in Madison and call for legislative help against recent assaults, the policy director of the American Federation of Government Employees talks on Trump's proposed Project 2025, representatives of In…