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Labor on the First Coast; weekend events; All Beaches Experimental Theatre

United Auto Workers members picket outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 22, 2023.
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United Auto Workers members picked outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 22, 2023.

Today, we feature a discussion with local professionals and community leaders about labor. We take a deeper look at strikes and how closures might affect the First Coast.

Guests:

 
Cre8Jax’s picks

It’s Thursday, which means Cre8Jax is in the studio to tell us what is happening around Jacksonville over the next week.

Guest: Yanira “Yaya” Cardona.

 ABET

All Beaches Experimental Theatre joined us to preview their historic but current new production Alabama Story.

 Guests:

  • Lee Hamby, managing director at ABET.
  • Simone Aden-Reid, actor playing Emily Wheelock Reed in Alabama Story.

 

 

 

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Kathy Waterman joined WJCT News 89.9 as associate producer after graduating from the University of North Florida with a degree in multimedia journalism. She was previously a production intern on the station's talk shows.