UW system cuts | Palestine, Madison, and SCFL | Unions after Act 10 | Cal State U, CostCo, Microsoft, credit union workers | Famers Union | District maps latest

UW system cuts | Palestine, Madison, and SCFL | Unions after Act 10 | Cal State U, CostCo, Microsoft, credit union workers | Famers Union | District maps latest

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio January 27, 2024 Duration: 28:36

We take a look at how Wisconsin unions are doing now after years of Act 10, discuss demands for a ceasefire from all over the world and from our unions here at home, discuss the impacts of budget cuts in the UW system, catch up on labor struggles near and far, look at teh National Farmers Union, and more.


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