Ocean Spray and IBEW | OSHA slaps Schoeps | More on UW cuts | Boston area teachers strike | Wisconsin Farmers Union | Right to starve

Ocean Spray and IBEW | OSHA slaps Schoeps | More on UW cuts | Boston area teachers strike | Wisconsin Farmers Union | Right to starve

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio February 3, 2024 Duration: 31:53

We learn what’s been going on at the Schoeps ice cream factory in Madison, hear from the organizing drive at Ocean Spray in Wisconsin Rapids, get an update on a major teachers strike in Massachusetts, learn about organizing in the Wisconsin Farmers Union, dig deeper into how workers are affected by the UW budget cuts, explore the history of Right to Work laws and more.


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