WIsconsin AG backs UW nurses | Upcoming marches against guns, for poor people | Union action at Dollar General, Edmonton video game company | AFL-CIO and foreign policty | CUNA-OPEIU negotiations |  Home health worker wages | and mre

WIsconsin AG backs UW nurses | Upcoming marches against guns, for poor people | Union action at Dollar General, Edmonton video game company | AFL-CIO and foreign policty | CUNA-OPEIU negotiations | Home health worker wages | and mre

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio June 11, 2022 Duration: 27:36

This week we bring you news of important mobilizations including marches against gun violence in Madison, and for the Poor People’s campaign in DC. We learn the latest on the nurses’ fight to organize at UW Hospital and Clinics, get an update on organizing at CUNA Mutual, hear about a foreign policy initiative at the AFL-CIO, learn about organizing drives in the video game industry and a major retail chain, share a new statistic of the week and much more!


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