NUHW legal wins | AFGE defends LGBTQ+, DEI | Texas Tech profs fight back | Labor Notes, AFL-CIO conventions

NUHW legal wins | AFGE defends LGBTQ+, DEI | Texas Tech profs fight back | Labor Notes, AFL-CIO conventions

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio July 11, 2026 Duration: 29:33

A targeted health worker explains how an expensive union-busting campaign by Rogers Health against the new National Union of Healthcare Workers union falls short so far in court and in front of a Wisconsin professional board, an American Federation of Government Employees local president discusses how AFGE is standing up to Trump anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-DEI campaigns, professors at Texas Tech represented by AAUP-AFT have filed a lawsuit over censorship by the university system, and Labor Radio speaks to participants from the AFL-CIO convention and Labor Notes conference.


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