On Monday, the Bloomington Faculty Council passed two resolutions calling on the IU Board of Trustees to provide a pathway to unionization for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers. The first resolution passed with nearly 84 percent of the faculty council vote, and it insists that graduate students would not face retaliation by the university for striking. The second …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 25th, 2022. Later in the program, the Bloomington Faculty Council passed two resolutions calling on the IU Board of Trustees to provide a pathway to unionization for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers. More in the bottom half of tonight’s show. Also coming up in the next half hour, we …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 24th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB News speaks with Katie Shy, media correspondent for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition, about two recently passed resolutions by the Bloomington Faculty Council calling on the IU administration to provide a pathway to unionization for the IGWC. More in today’s feature report. Also coming …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 17th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with nationally-recognized scholar on hate crimes and policing Professor Jeannine Bell of the IU Mauer School of Law, about a racially-motivated shooting in Buffalo, New York that left 10 people dead. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 16th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with Professor Jeannine Bell, an expert in policing and hate crimes at Indiana University, about the racially motivated killings of 10 Black residents in Buffalo on Saturday. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half …
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Bloomington protesters gathered at the Monroe County Courthouse on Monday to “defend Roe v. Wade” and “demand legal, free, accessible reproductive healthcare for all.” The demonstration comes after a leak surfaced of an early Supreme Court ruling that has the potential to overturn the landmark case legalizing abortion nationwide. Ashley Culbertson, a protester and organizer with the Party for Socialism …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 10th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Zyro Roze continues his conversation with Ashleigh Ewald – writer, advocate and podcaster in an ongoing interview series. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB News Director Kade Young reports on last night’s protest and march …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 9th, 2022. Later in the program, we have some recent prison-related news and announcements from Kite Line – our public affairs program devoted to covering prison issues in the Midwest and beyond. More in today’s headlines. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Strike Mic – Voices from …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, May 5th, 2022. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from Interchange – The Knowledge of Power: Graduate Worker Exploitation at Indiana University. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals met late last month to discuss …
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On April 10th, the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers opened a virtual strike authorization vote. The strike vote was tallied on Monday afternoon with 97.8 percent voting in favor. 1,031 total votes were cast with 1,008 voting in favor of striking and 23 voting against it. That means a strike will proceed from April 13-15. WFHB News volunteers spoke …
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