Protests at fed arrest of Milwaukee judge | Minny food co-op workers, their union in freedom of expression fight | Teacher support for student-led May Day march in Madison |  Fired fed workers fight back | Fed judge slaps Trump  on unions, 'national

Protests at fed arrest of Milwaukee judge | Minny food co-op workers, their union in freedom of expression fight | Teacher support for student-led May Day march in Madison | Fired fed workers fight back | Fed judge slaps Trump on unions, 'national

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio April 26, 2025 Duration: 28:54

Protests are quickly called in Milwaukee as the federal government arrests Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan for not submitting to ICE, UFCW members at a Minneapolis food co-op stand up for freedom of expression while that freedom comes under attack across the country, May Day and May 2 marches and rallies include a May 1 high school student-organized event in Madison that is supported by many union teachers, the AFL-CIO has announced a new initiative to help fired federal workers organize and fight back legally against the Trump-Musk purges, a federal judge pushes back on a Trump administration claim that unions 'threaten national security,' and many events are coming up in Madison and Wisconsin, including Workers Memorial Day on Monday April 28, marches and rallies on International Workers Day (Thursday, May 1) in Milwaukee, Appleton, and Madison, and a corresponding march and rally in Madison on Friday afternoon, May 2. Also, Labor Radio remembers Tom Kozlovsky.


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