Organizing at GHC, strike date set at Meriter, ULP strike at Starbucks | Rally for Judge Dugan | Civil service rally | Job portal | Bean Feed announcement

Organizing at GHC, strike date set at Meriter, ULP strike at Starbucks | Rally for Judge Dugan | Civil service rally | Job portal | Bean Feed announcement

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio May 17, 2025 Duration: 28:36

Workers at Group Health Collective in Madison are demanding union recognition from GHC management amidst charges of union busting, Meriter nurses have set a strike date and discuss that state of negotiations with Labor Radio, Voces de la Frontera and organized labor rally for indicted Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan while federal ICE terror continues, Madison Starbucks workers join a nationwide unfair labor practice strike over a Starbucks dress code imposed outside of collective bargaining, Wisconsin state workers and their supporters rally in defense of the civil service and of diversity programs, the State of Wisconsin has launched an online jobs portal to aid federal workers fired under the Trump-Musk cuts, and the annual SCFL Bean Feed is coming up on Wednesday, May 21.


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