UW nurses lose Act 10 ruling | GHC board elections, physician interview | War protest | Retired Wisconsin workers speak | WPR cuts | Parks narcs | Fain pain

UW nurses lose Act 10 ruling | GHC board elections, physician interview | War protest | Retired Wisconsin workers speak | WPR cuts | Parks narcs | Fain pain

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio June 28, 2025 Duration: 31:54

A UW Health nurse explains how the union fight is still on after the Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against the union in its Act 10 fight with the local healthcare giant, union-endorsed candidates are elected to the Group Health Collective board and a physician there speaks to Labor Radio as the GHC union recognition fight continues, labor voices are among those protesting at the Wisconsin state capitol after the US bombs Iran, the Wisconsin Alliance of Retired Americans meets at Madison's Labor Temple, the Trump administration wants you to snitch on bad wokeness at the National Parks, we look at the effect of job cuts at Wisconsin Public Radio, and a UAW monitor issues a report critical of the administration of UAW President Shawn Fain.


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