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Let's be honest. The hardest person you will ever have to lead is the person you look at in the mirror everyday. Self-leadership is the most important thing we do as leaders, but it's hard. And it hasn't gotten any easier in a world of smart phone addiction, social media comparison, global pandemics, and information overload (just to name a few obstacles). That's why Intentional Leader exists. We help leaders take the guesswork out of self-leadership, fight a reactionary lifestyle, accelerat ...
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Labor Radio is news by, for, and about working people in Madison, Wisconsin and around the world. It originates out of the studios of WORT 89.9 FM Madison.
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➡️ Get my free weekly newsletter (The Intentional Letter): https://courses.calwalters.me/signup In this episode of the Intentional Leader podcast, Cal and Patrick Lencioni delve into the core motivations behind leadership, emphasizing the importance of serving others over seeking personal gain. They discuss the impact of fear on leadership effectiv…
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The president of UAW Local 291 discusses its new contract with Cummins Incorporated in Oshkosh as its almost four-month strike there comes to an end, the president of the faculty and academic staff union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses how a seeming big Wisconsin state budget increase for UW isn't necessarily one for workers, over …
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A UW Health nurse explains how the union fight is still on after the Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against the union in its Act 10 fight with the local healthcare giant, union-endorsed candidates are elected to the Group Health Collective board and a physician there speaks to Labor Radio as the GHC union recognition fight continues, labor voices ar…
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Labor is included in the Madison version of the national No Kings march and rally, workers at Madison's Group Health Cooperative who are trying to win a union rally on Madison's east side, and a GHC member describes a union-supporting member-worker slate for GHC board elections ending June 22, national labor leaders Randi Weingarten of the AFT and …
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Workers at Group Health Cooperative rally to demand union recognition, leaders from the Meriter Hospital nurses and Harvard dining hall workers discuss their successful strikes and the power of solidarity in the workplace and in the community, the president of SEIU California is among union members targeted in protests against ICE abductions, we he…
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Meriter Hospital nurses in Madison represented by SEIU Wisconsin end their five-day strike and win a new contract, SEIU Wisconsin workers at Gundersen Health Care in LaCrosse have a new settlement, UAW Local 291 continues its strike a Cummins Incorporated in Oshkosh as the rank-and-file rejects the latest company offer, and workers at Anodyne Coffe…
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Nurses at UnityPoint Health Meriter Hospital in Madison go on strike, the rank-and-file of UAW Local 291 will look at the latest management proposals as the strike continues at Cummins in Oshkosh, Labor Radio talks to Christine Vitel of AFGE 777 representing TSA workers, unions organize to resist federal spending cuts, mental health workers of the …
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➡️ Get my Newsletter (Intentional Letter): https://courses.calwalters.me/signup Discover Your Core Values: https://calwalters.me/course Geoff Woods is the author of The AI-Driven Leader and the Founder of AI Leadership, where he empowers leaders to harness AI, escape operational overwhelm, and think strategically to accelerate growth. AI Leadership…
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The South Central Federation of Labor holds its annual Bean Feed to raise funds for its COPE, a Wisconsin expert discusses the likely effect of Medicaid cuts on working people in the wake of the federal bill granting huge tax cuts to the rich, nurses at Meriter Hospital in Madison talk to Labor Radio ahead of their strike starting May 27th, UAW Loc…
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Workers at Group Health Collective in Madison are demanding union recognition from GHC management amidst charges of union busting, Meriter nurses have set a strike date and discuss that state of negotiations with Labor Radio, Voces de la Frontera and organized labor rally for indicted Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan while federal ICE terror continues,…
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➡️ Get my Newsletter (Intentional Letter): https://courses.calwalters.me/signup Discover Your Core Values: https://calwalters.me/course Get On Character by General McChrystal: https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/about/books/detail/2025/01/04/on-character--choices-that-define-a-life Follow Stan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanmcchrystal/ Learn about th…
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Labor Radio speaks to workers affected by federal cuts in the Americorps program and in public broadcasting, how US Labor Department cuts will affect workers, there are new directors of the Social Security system and of the postal service, a federal judge orders the release from ICE captivity of graduate student and SEIU member Rumeysa Ozturk and h…
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Multiple May Day marches and rallies in Milwaukee, Madison, and around the state continue in Madison on May 2, the South Central Federation of Labor holds its annual Workers Memorial Day remembrance, Marquette University faculty and staff and staff are demanding recognition of their union, proposed changes to Wisconsin's unemployment insurance syst…
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Protests are quickly called in Milwaukee as the federal government arrests Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan for not submitting to ICE, UFCW members at a Minneapolis food co-op stand up for freedom of expression while that freedom comes under attack across the country, May Day and May 2 marches and rallies include a May 1 high school student-organiz…
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Madison holds rallies for a union-sponsored call to support higher education and another for child care providers on Child Care Advocacy Day, UAW Local 291 holds a rally and march in Oshkosh as its strike against Cummins continues into its second month, about a third of Internal Revenue Service workers may be gone by the end of this year, a whistle…
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UnityPoint-Meriter nurses and their supporters rally for a fair contract and promise to strike if hospital management doesn't come through in bargaining, Labor Radio speaks to folks marching at Madison's version of the national Hands Off rally, a local worker wins a wage theft case but the company has yet to pay up, UAW President Shawn Fain address…
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Microwaving another bag of broccoli That was the 1 habit I wanted to work on. The rest of the 1-1-1-1-1 pact * 1 habit * 10 pages * 100 reps * 1000 words * 10000 steps Which adds up to 11,111 and maps to * Habit building * Reading * Weightlifting * Writing * and Walking Initially I'm aiming for 500 days but I want to do these daily for the rest of …
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Labor Radio previews the April 5 Hands Off rally against the Republican administration in Washington and talks to a local organizer, the results of the April 1 Wisconsin statewide election are in with union-backed victories, how tariffs can be expected to affect the working class, union members are prominent among some high-profile ICE detention an…
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➡️ Get my Newsletter (Intentional Letter): https://courses.calwalters.me/signup Discover Your Core Values: https://calwalters.me/course Get Will's book: https://noelevatortoeverest.com/ Learn about Corner to Corner: https://cornertocorner.org/ In this conversation, Will Acuff shares his journey of finding joy amidst life's challenges, particularly …
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While Trump takes away collective bargaining rights from even more federal workers, rallies are held at the Madison Labor Temple and at the main post office, and we speak to American Federation of Government Employees Local 1732 President William Townsend. The AFL-CIO has endorsements for the April 1 election in Wisconsin, we talk to the president …
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Sign up for The Intentional Letter: https://courses.calwalters.me/signup Discover Your Core Values Course: https://courses.calwalters.me/offers/DmXNju9f/checkout The Work-Life Balance Toolbox: https://www.stephenrgraves.com/balance Steve's book, Flourishing (for free!): https://www.stephenrgraves.com/flourish Cornerstone+ Membership: https://www.co…
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The Wisconsin Education Association Council talks endorsements for the April 1 statewide election, postal workers in Madison take to the street after the threatened Trump-Musk takeover, UAW Local 291 strikes Cummins Drivetrain and Braking Systems in Oshkosh, the Trump-Musk administration says that the federal collective bargaining agreement with th…
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The President of the United States or the world's richest man or somebody orders the US Postal Service to become part of the Commerce Department or even more of a private company or something, and they say that the collective bargaining agreement with workers of the Transportation Security Administration doesn't count any more because they say they…
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➡️ Sign up for my Intentional Letter: https://courses.calwalters.me/signup Follow Katie's work: https://katiequesada.com/ In this conversation, storytelling expert Katie Quesada discusses the profound impact of storytelling on personal and professional lives. She emphasizes the importance of storytelling in leadership, how it can create emotional c…
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Hundreds including union members rallied and spoke at the state capitol for reproductive health rights and for electoral support of a labor-endorsed candidate in the April 1 Supreme Court race, some Democratic state legislators are holding "listening sessions" on the intricacies and problems of state budget proposals and some others have sponsored …
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A federal judge backs a union lawsuit for now and issues a temporary restraining order halting a Trump-Musk order to fire about 200,000 US government workers, people march on US Senator Ron Johnson's Madison office to protest Medicaid cuts, Wisconsin teachers and public school advocates rally at the state capitol to demand that state legislators fu…
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Get weekly insights from me: https://courses.calwalters.me/signup Take the Attributes Assessment (make sure you use coupon code INTENTIONALLEADER15 to get 15% off at check out): https://theattributes.com/assessment-tool Get Rich's new book, Masters of Uncertainty: https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Uncertainty-Navy-Stress-Success/dp/B0DMGYW5YH/ref=sr_1…
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Absence of Madison bus drivers on February 20 looks like a labor action from drivers and mechanics working without a contract, SWIU Wisconsin rallies for Meriter nurses during their contract talks and for UW Health and GHC workers who are organizing, chaotic federal funding cuts affect Head Start, US Forest Service workers facing Trump purges speak…
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Absence of Madison bus drivers on February 20 looks like a labor action from drivers and mechanics working without a contract, SWIU Wisconsin rallies for Meriter nurses during their contract talks and for UW Health and GHC workers who are organizing, chaotic federal funding cuts affect Head Start, US Forest Service workers facing Trump purges speak…
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Subscribe to the Intentional Letter (my weekly newsletter): https://courses.calwalters.me/signup Watch this on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DHP2Eahxjm0 Alison Wood Brooks is the O’Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration and Hellman Faculty Fellow at the Harvard Business School. She teaches an award-winning course in the MBA curriculum cal…
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UW Health System nurses and supporters speak up before a Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing on their union's status under the Wisconsin Employee Peace Act, Labor Radio holds interviews before the Tuesday election for Wisconsin Director of Public Instruction, workers at a North Carolina Amazon facility are voting on whether they will be represented by …
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A march and rally in Madison protests the Trump and Musk takeover of the government, Trump goes after the National Labor Relations Board, federal workers discuss the fear and uncertainty as Trump and Musk swing their axes, the National Association of Letter Carriers has voted against its tentative agreement with the US Postal Service, as their stri…
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The South Central Federation of Labor and Worker Justice Wisconsin plan trainings on workers rights and organized labor joining with immigrant workers ahead of expected Trump administration assaults, the Madison Labor Temple will be sold, a Mexican professor speaks on immigration and the US economy, Wisconsin construction giant Findorff is now unde…
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Subscribe to the Intentional Letter (my weekly newsletter): https://courses.calwalters.me/signup Get the The Thin Book of Trust. Cal and Charles Feltman delve into the intricate nature of trust, exploring its biological underpinnings and the personal experiences that shape our propensity to trust or distrust others. They discuss the importance of s…
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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers gives his State of the State speech and we have excerpts on the budget, President Trump goes after the federal civil service starting with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion administrators and those who work from home, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul talks about the lawsuit filed by Wisconsin and other states agains…
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Labor Radio looks back at the close ties between the Reverend Martin Luther King and the labor movement and tells what is happening in the Madison area this holiday weekend, a nurse discusses the Oregon Nurses Association strike against Providence Health in that state, the SEIU rejoins the AFL-CIO, workers and community members rally at an Amazon-o…
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Sign up to receive The Intentional Letter: https://courses.calwalters.me/signup Follow Intentional Leader: https://calwalters.me Take Mark Miller's Quicksand Assessment by texting BeSmart (no spaces) to 66866 Get in touch with Mark Miller: 678-612-8441 [email protected] https://leadeveryday.com Mark Miller, former vice president of high perform…
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Labor Radio talks to workers and labor leaders as SEIU Wisconsin works to organize Group Health Collective while a GHC management complaint on the voting unit heads to a regional National Labor Relations Board hearing in Madison, South Central Federation of Labor President Kevin Gundlach tells what workers he talked to had to say during his recent …
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The WORT News Department has more on its investigation of University of Wisconsin payouts to consultants, particularly Huron Consulting, an arrangement that has long been under critical scrutiny by university unions. Also, Labor Radio interviews strikers as Madison joins the Christmas Eve unfair labor practices strikes held at Starbucks stores acro…
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In the wake of a shooting at Madison's Abundant Life Christian School, Labor Radio speaks to the Madison public teachers union president and to a former teacher about what it's like working where school shootings have become normalized. Also, workers at Amazon and Starbucks get into the holiday spirit with unfair labor practice strikes across the c…
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An attorney addresses the immigrants rights group Voces de la Frontera ahead of the second Trump administration, the Wisconsin legislature wants to end work-at-home for state workers, the US Senate refuses to re-confirm National Labor Relations Board chair Lauren McFerran as an NLRB regional office rules that some reality show workers are employees…
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This week Dane County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Frost has ordered sweeping changes to Act 10, the Wisconsin law severely restricting the rights of the state's public sector unions, and Labor Radio spoke to Jeff Mandell, an attorney for the union plaintiffs who brought the successful lawsuit, and to Barrett McIntosh of the Teaching Assistants Associ…
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AFSCME Local 1 has a workshop on the Wisconsin state budget, Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee is organizing a union, a Greek worker discusses the state of labor in Greece, the UE considers an independent way forward for labor after the Democrats' big presidential election loss, Whole Foods workers file for a union, a major expansion of overtime cover…
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An Iron River, Wisconsin, pizza parlor is busted by the Department of Labor for multiple child work violations, a member of Build a Fighting NALC talks about rank-and-file efforts in that union and disagreements over the national NALC tentative contract agreement, more University of California system workers sign up to join the UAW, the Teaching As…
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Kevin Gundlach of the South Central Federation of Labor looks at the November 5 election results, Lambeau Field workers get their first contract, Los Volcanoes worker-owned cooperative kicks off, the president of Machinists District 751 discusses the end of the Boeing strike and the new contract, California keeps prison labor as a punishment, and t…
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A panel at the University of Wisconsin gives the good and bad news on organized labor in Wisconsin since Act 10, the SEIU Wisconsin president discusses endorsements and AFGE tells how a crisis in Social Security Administration staffing could get even worse under Project 2025, pension plans look to divest from investments in fossil fuels, rank-and-f…
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Letter carriers rally in Madison and call for legislative help against recent assaults, the policy director of the American Federation of Government Employees talks on Trump's proposed Project 2025, representatives of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2304 and of the Wisconsin Education Association Council talk about their polit…
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The annual Wisconsin Association of Retired Americans Power Lunch focuses on social Security and social programs, Machinists union negotiator Jon Holden talks to Labor Radio about the ongoing Boeing strike and the history that led to it, the International Association of Firefighters endorses neither presidential candidate, the National Labor Relati…
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