The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 15 August '23

Published: Aug. 17, 2023, 6:26 p.m.

b'In our first segment, we\\u2019ll look at a big legal victory on Friday for New York City\\u2019s 250,000 retired city employees. The Adams administration wanted to switch their medical coverage from traditional Medicare to a privately run plan. But that\\u2019s on ice for now. \\n\\nIn our second segment, we have an update from the SAG-AFTRA picket lines. And we hear from The Indy\\u2019s film critic and Screen Actors Guild \\u2014 as a union strike captain who is out on the picket line three mornings a week leading chanting and singing. \\n\\nIn the final part of the show, we catch up on some of the other important news of the day and take listener calls.'