Negotiation updates: Teamsters-UPS, IBEW-MG&E, Colectivo * Starbucks strike for LGBTQIA+ * A child, a sawmill, and death in Florence * Evers to perma-fund education ? * Juneteenth * and more

Negotiation updates: Teamsters-UPS, IBEW-MG&E, Colectivo * Starbucks strike for LGBTQIA+ * A child, a sawmill, and death in Florence * Evers to perma-fund education ? * Juneteenth * and more

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio July 8, 2023 Duration: 29:51
Today we take a look at what’s next in contract negotiations between the UPS and Teamsters, the IBEW and MG&E, and at Colectivo Coffee; hear from a worker on a nationwide Starbucks strike that came to Madison, get details on a child workplace death, get the background on how Governor Evers made a move on education in Wisconsin, hear about how Juneteenth is advancing as an official hoilday here, and more.


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