Labor

Employees of a local political campaign are unionizing; the Adam Hattersley for Congress campaign says they’re the first Florida campaign to unionize in 2020. Amy Bolick, the campaign manager of Hattersley for Congress, says they’ll...

More than forty state workers and their allies rallied outside a state services office in Tampa Tuesday morning asking Florida’s governor and Legislature for better working conditions and fair salaries. Felicia Bell is the union...

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 01/24/20 from the drop down menu: https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. On the first part of today’s program we’re going to...

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 12/03/19 from the drop down menu: https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Our guest today Mark Katches, the executive editor at the Tampa Bay Times. He’s been...

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/20/19 from the drop down menu: https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. President Trump’s ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is...

On Tuesday, adjunct faculty at St. Petersburg College voted to unionize. They’ll be with SEIU FPSU Faculty Forward. WMNF interviewed Angela Edwards-Luckett, an adjunct professor of world religions at St. Petersburg College. Professor Edwards-Luckett says...

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 06/11/19 from the drop down menu https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—American wages continue to lag behind for many workers—especially people just out...

About fifty people held signs and chanted outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Ybor City Thursday afternoon. They were demanding $15 an hour for workers and union rights. It’s part of a nationwide walk-out and strike...

On Tuesday afternoon custodians from Hillsborough County Schools rallied outside the school district’s building in downtown Tampa. They were there during the School Board meeting because they’re upset about a proposal to let private companies...

The Hillsborough County Public School Board is studying the idea of turning over work that’s now done by unionized custodians to a private company instead. But activists who want to stop the privatization before the...

Custodians in Hillsborough County Schools are fighting back against a proposal to privatize cleaning services. They are rallying Tuesday afternoon outside the school board meeting in downtown Tampa and speaking out during the meeting itself....

Coalition of Immokalee Workers The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is organizing a cross-country march that includes Florida, for what they’re calling the “4 Fair Food” tour to boycott Wendy’s. As part of that tour, the...