Red Cross workers agreement | Dane County nurses speak out | Madison Starbucks worker speaks | CUNA picket July 9th | NNU for abortion rights | SCOTUS vs workers | UFCW and cannabis workers | and more

Red Cross workers agreement | Dane County nurses speak out | Madison Starbucks worker speaks | CUNA picket July 9th | NNU for abortion rights | SCOTUS vs workers | UFCW and cannabis workers | and more

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio July 8, 2022 Duration: 29:32

This week we hear about the Red Cross worker negotiations, discuss the impact of the right-leaning Supreme Court decisions on workers, learn about an important CUNA picket coming up, catch up with labor actions by the Red Cross, Starbucks workers, cannabis workers, and others, share a new statistic of the week and much more!


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UW consultants make bank | Starbucks strike in Madison, nationwide [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:19
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