WIARA power lunch | Boeing union interview | Firefighters skip prez pick | NLRB overload | Jobs numbers | Blue Collar Empire | Family sues over worker death | Remembering Lily Ledbetter

WIARA power lunch | Boeing union interview | Firefighters skip prez pick | NLRB overload | Jobs numbers | Blue Collar Empire | Family sues over worker death | Remembering Lily Ledbetter

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio October 19, 2024 Duration: 29:06

The annual Wisconsin Association of Retired Americans Power Lunch focuses on social Security and social programs, Machinists union negotiator Jon Holden talks to Labor Radio about the ongoing Boeing strike and the history that led to it, the International Association of Firefighters endorses neither presidential candidate, the National Labor Relations Board is swamped but funding and staffing isn't keeping pace, the State of Wisconsin reports good jobs numbers, a new book looks at American labor involvement in sketchy Cold War programs to undercut progressive unions overseas, the family of a worker killed in Tennessee during Hurricane Helene has filed a wrongful death suit against the company, and we remember Wisconsin womens pay rights activist Lily Ledbetter.


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