On Sunday, April 10th, a 97.8 percent affirmative vote by IU graduate workers set into motion the largest indefinite strike Bloomington has seen in decades. Everyday that we can, WFHB’s Strike Mic will bring you to the frontlines of this movement, allowing you to understand the issues and the action through the voices of the participants themselves. WFHB will continue …
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Earlier today, more than 200 grad workers rallied in the Ballantine Hall courtyard. Bloomington’s own country musician, Peter Oren, performed for the pickets, playing tunes and talking about his experience with Occupy Bloomington and earlier waves of campus struggle. We are also sharing the words of Carven Thomas, the former president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union at …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, April 19th, 2022. Later in the program, we have Strike Mic – Voices from the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition – in light of their strike against Indiana University. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington City Council continues its conversation of increasing the local …
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Welcome to the latest edition of Strike Mic – Voices from the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition in light of the recent strike at Indiana University. Today for Strike Mic, we spoke with Zara Anwarzai, a graduate worker and organizer with the Indiana Grad Workers Coalition. She summed up the state of the strike so far and talks about IGWC’s next …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 13th, 2022. Later in the program, we have Strike Mic – Voices from the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition in light of the recent strike. More in the bottom half of tonight’s program. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent Kai Fitzgerald breaks down the mistreatment of animals in …
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On Sunday, April 10, a 97.8 percent affirmative vote by IU graduate workers set into motion the largest indefinite strike Bloomington has seen in decades. Everyday that we can, WFHB’s Strike Mic will bring you to the frontlines of this movement, allowing you to understand the issues and the action through the voices of the participants themselves. The graduate workers …
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