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OSHA heat standards | Dropboxes are back | Workers party? | Scary GOP stuff | France goes left | Remembering Jane McAlevey

Posted July 12, 2024 • 00:29:33

OSHA introduces new heat standards amid worker deaths, a jusge says ballot drops are back in Wisconsin and the Leauge ofWomen Voters explains the impact,...

Biden in Madison | Judge hits Act 10 | Visa reform | SCOTUS and workers | Slave trade charge for Milwaukee Tool | Amazon strike near Chicago | Tributes to Frank Emspak

Posted July 5, 2024 • 00:29:06

President Joe Biden visits Madison and is met by supporters and protesters, a Dane County judge says Act 10 looks unconstitutional, migrant agricultural...

Tributes to Frank Emspak | IBEW-Rock Energy gas workers contract | Child labor | August vote | Kaul ruling

Posted June 29, 2024 • 00:29:48

Rock Energy gas workers with IBEW 965 have a contract, some states are pushing back on child labor expansion, more on the August referenda vote, and...

Remembering Frank Emspak (1943-2024) | Frank on labor and the media | Wisconsin civil service | Amazon-Teamsters | Virginia schools | New union nurses | Poor Peoples Campaign

Posted June 21, 2024 • 00:31:54

In this show, we remember Labor Radio co-founder Frank Emspak, who died June 14 at the age of 80. In a 2023 interview at WORT, Frank tells the story...

Family values? | Juneteenth | Fair maps voting | EWOCs | Unemployment numbers | SCOTUS Starbux ruling } Waffle House

Posted June 14, 2024 • 00:29:48

If you want Family Velues @ Work, shouldn't you welcome your own union? Also: Wisconsin organized labor fights for Juneteenth recognition, the new Fair...