Trump's anti-union latest and local pushback: AFGE 1732 president speaks, rallies at the Labor Temple and post office | Labor endorsements | UAW 291 on strike | Fain vs. NFTA | FL child labor | NALC win

Trump's anti-union latest and local pushback: AFGE 1732 president speaks, rallies at the Labor Temple and post office | Labor endorsements | UAW 291 on strike | Fain vs. NFTA | FL child labor | NALC win

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio March 29, 2025 Duration: 28:51

While Trump takes away collective bargaining rights from even more federal workers, rallies are held at the Madison Labor Temple and at the main post office, and we speak to American Federation of Government Employees Local 1732 President William Townsend. The AFL-CIO has endorsements for the April 1 election in Wisconsin, we talk to the president of UAW Local 291 in Oshkosh about their strike at Cummins, Inc., UAW International President Shawn Fain speaks out against NAFTA, Florida's answer to its purge of immigrant workers is to bring back child labor, and an arbitrator awards the National Association of Letter Carriers a win.


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