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Labor
Unmasking contradictions: The need for integrity and accountability in public interest organizations
A guide for activists, workers, and public interest organizations to avoid worker abuse and exploiting their own workforce.
Florida has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit by a government workers' union challenging a new law restricting public employee unions.
The Scoop: Wed., August 9, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Heatwave sets records in Florida From the Panhandle to the Keys, temperature records were either matched or set yesterday afternoon. We’ll chase records again today across the state. Federal employees feel disgraced On a...
Firefighters join PBA in its fight against a new law restricting Florida unions
A statewide firefighters union has joined a Police union to challenge a new Florida law placing restrictions on public-employee unions.
There is a mass exodus from Florida, a state where racist, fascist laws aimed at people-of-color, the LGBTQ+ community, educators, insurance companies, conventions and tourist alike are leaving or avoiding the state. Does the government...
The state fires back against teachers’ unions attempt to block a new Florida law on dues deductions
Florida urged a federal judge to reject teachers' unions' request to block a law preventing union dues from being deducted from paychecks.
Labor notes with Jim Junecko, and catching up with Sen. Darryl Rouson
Drivers for the United Parcel Services will continue to be the top-paid delivery drivers in the country, after UPS and the Teamsters union came to a tentative agreement and averted what could have been the...
Teamsters secure new deal for UPS drivers; strike avoided
UPS has reached a deal with the 340,000-person-strong Teamsters union, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt shipping services nationwide.
Asylum in the US: thoughts on Human Rights
Asylum-seekers treated as invaders as Republican politicians scheme against them lead discussion. Revelations about the “Guantanamo Candidate” documentary. Also, President Joe Biden will designate a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother. Till was...
The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Monday, July 24th, 2023
DeSantis and Harris butt heads When he was campaigning in Utah on Friday, a reporter asked Governor Ron DeSantis about Florida’s new state teaching standards that say that “slaves developed skills” that could be used...
Florida’s new union law faces another challenge
A union has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Florida law placing additional restrictions on public employee unions.
Heather McGhee, a distinguished Senior Fellow at the Public-Policy Center DEMOS deliver a speech which asks “Who is an American?” Has U.S. Democracy become as Unequal as our Economy? Perhaps the question to ask is:...
