MIT grad student union | NLRB vs. 'captive meetings' | Privatizing Medicare | Amazon union! | Amazon sued! | School board results | School Lunch Justice | CUNA negotiation update, and more

MIT grad student union | NLRB vs. 'captive meetings' | Privatizing Medicare | Amazon union! | Amazon sued! | School board results | School Lunch Justice | CUNA negotiation update, and more

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio April 9, 2022 Duration: 28:36

This week we bring you organizing updates at MIT and Amazon--and also learn how Amazon is getting sued for a worker's death, check out the strike at Vollrath in Sheboygan, take a look at a Medicare privatization scheme, analyze a proposal by NLRB attorneys to ban 'captive meetings', get a quick update on contract negotiations at CUNA, look at the results in school board races, see how Milwaukee students are organizing for themselves and for cafeteria workers, share the COVID report and much more.


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