GHC meeting | Union reaction to Trump RIF | Lower H2A visa base wage | Wisconsin green jobs | Elder care and immigrants | Texas prof fired | No Kings episode artwork

EPISODE · Oct 17, 2025 · 29 MIN

GHC meeting | Union reaction to Trump RIF | Lower H2A visa base wage | Wisconsin green jobs | Elder care and immigrants | Texas prof fired | No Kings

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A membership meeting at Group Health Cooperative in Madison cheers a push for unionization with SEIU, Trump announces that some federal workers won't return after the government shutdown and American Federation of Government Employees members talk to Labor Radio about the White House onslaught against federal workers, as ICE deports farm workers the Trump administration says the answer to farm job loss is to lower the minimum wage paid to H2A visa holders and cut its housing subsidies, Wisconsin unions push for a bigger local worker stake in green infrastructure jobs, a Madison elder care resident talks to Labor Radio about the threat that immigration crackdowns will pose to elder care, Professor Tom Alter talks to Labor Radio about being fired by Texas State University and the support he is getting from his unions, and Madison will have a No Kings march supported by organized labor.

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