UW Nurses give notice | Low teacher pay | Union, community on Red Cross negotiations | LaborFest is back! | Postal workers news |  Ohio teachers | and more

UW Nurses give notice | Low teacher pay | Union, community on Red Cross negotiations | LaborFest is back! | Postal workers news | Ohio teachers | and more

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio August 27, 2022 Duration: 28:56

This week hear about the UW Nurses decision to issue a 10-day strike notice, learn about compensation for teachers here and a teachers action in Ohio, get more on the fight by AFSCME Red cross workers for a contract; hear from the American Postal Workers Convention and hear about some postal service hiring changes, celebrate the return of LaborFest, and more.


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