Rogers Health union firings | Child labor case | Alabama prison strike | NY nurses settle | UCLA Labor Center | SF teacher deal | Gloria Richardson Dandridge

Rogers Health union firings | Child labor case | Alabama prison strike | NY nurses settle | UCLA Labor Center | SF teacher deal | Gloria Richardson Dandridge

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio February 14, 2026 Duration: 29:25

Labor Radio interviews one of three workers fired at Rogers Behavioral Health in West Allis just days after the workers had demanded union recognition, a reporter talks on a massive string of child labor violations at Burger King, Alabama prison workers are striking against barbaric conditions, striking nurses in New York have reached an agreement and Labor Radio talks to nurse there for details, Labor Radio interviews a professor affiliated with the UCLA Labor Center, striking teachers in San Francisco have reached a temporary agreement with the school district, and Labor Radio remembers civil rights leader Gloria Richardson Dandridge.


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