Hot Union Summer

Published: July 28, 2023, 12:24 a.m.

b'The hot union summer continued this week with the historic and game changing Teamsters victory over UPS (and their Wall Street backers). The breakthrough is part of an upsurge in labor activism across the nation. What does it mean and where will it lead? We dig in with a great Wisconsin example, an in-depth interview with Will Roberts from the TruStage workers union to discuss their intense battle for a fair contract. They have a major rally and march this Saturday, July 29th starting at 9 AM in Madison.\\n\\nDuring this hot week, we ask what\\u2019s up with the climate justice agenda in Wisconsin? Following a state budget that saw the removal of Governor Evers\\u2019 top climate items by Legislative Republicans and a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story this week detailing how a year after its creation, the state\\u2019s Office of Environmental Justice remains largely dormant. What\\u2019s next in the fight to head off a climate cataclysm and create family supporting jobs? The Federal Reserve Bank increases rates again this week and shortly following the largest increase in voucher funding a conservative Christian foundation buys the Cardinal Stritch University campus where a new voucher school seems likely.'