The Daily Cat | Fri. 11-19-21

The Daily Cat | Fri. 11-19-21
The Daily Cat
The Daily Cat | Fri. 11-19-21

Nov 19 2021 | 00:02:24

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Episode 0 November 19, 2021 00:02:24

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WNUR News’ Daily Briefing – November 19, 2021

NU Library Workers consider unionization, Holiday market opens in Evanston, More expressway shootings in Chicago, Julius Jones’ sentence is commuted

WNUR News broadcasts live at 6 pm CST on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays on WNUR 89.3 FM

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Speaker 1 00:00:05 Good morning and welcome to the daily news brief. I'm your host PASPA with a few things. Do you need to know today? It's 9:00 AM central on Friday Speaker 1 00:00:20 After stating their demands to provost, Kathleen Haggerty and new library workers are voting on whether or not to form a union. The results will be announced early next month. Northwestern's chapter of the American association of university. Professors published a letter in support of the unionization. If the workers vote to unionize, they will have more bargaining power to improve their working conditions, which includes better hours, higher wages and more employees in the libraries stopped by the shop Evanson made holiday market in the next month at the former urban Outfitters, 9 21 church street in downtown Evanston. The market features fine art gift items, live music, film, screenings, and more visit Evanston mayesh.com to learn more and view the calendar contributing to the surge in express by shootings in Chicago, one person was killed and one was injured on interstate 55 early third stay morning in two separate shootings. Speaker 1 00:01:19 Since January there have been 213 expressway shootings in the Chicago area compared to a 101 this time last year, this may be partially because there were strict quarantine rules last year yesterday, Oklahoma's governor commuted, Julius Jones, his sentence from death to life imprisonment. Without the possibility of parole, he was scheduled to receive a lethal injection yesterday at 4:00 PM. Local time Jones who was black was convicted of first degree murder in 2002 at 19 years old of a 45 year old white man. The commutation comes after activists have been expressing their support for Jones on Wednesday more than 1800 Oklahoma students walked out of class in support of Joe Tonight. There'll be broadcasting live from Louis Hall tune to 89.3 at 6:00 PM central. To hear the latest that's all for today's daily cap fly for WMUR news.

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