We’re excited to join @SAGAFTRA alongside our colleagues at NPR and member stations across the country, including KPCC, WFAE, KUOW, MPR, NHPR, WAMU, WBEZ, WBUR, WHYY and WNYC. #WeMakeWLRN #wemakepublicmedia #standwithworkers

The workers of WLRN have come together with SAG-AFTRA and made public our intention to unionize. We love where we work, and we want to be part of the conversation to make it better. We've asked management for voluntary recognition Plz follow WeMakeWLRN if you wanna support us!

WLRN-FM Content Creators Form Union With SAG-AFTRA sagaftra.org/wlrn-fm-conten…

It's official. @WeAreWLRN has 75% support (so far) and we call on WLRN's management of voluntarily recognize our new union with SAG-AFTRA.

"We welcome WLRN content creators to SAG-AFTRA. It’s amazing to see additional public media employees organizing for power and we look forward to the employer's response to the voluntary recognition request,” said SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.

South Florida has the largest Haitian population in the U.S. -- over the last few days, community members and leaders have decried the rumors spread about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. wlrn.org/news-in-brief/…

Great news: Our union has been voluntarily recognized! We are very optimistic about the choice to voluntarily recognize our union, and expect that it will be the beginning of a fruitful relationship between station management and our new union with SAG-AFTRA. #WeMakeWLRN

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More Black and Latina women are leading unions - and transforming how they work apnews.com/article/labor-…

Spent a week w Tampa Bay Times colleagues documenting the night of Hurricane Helene. 12 locals died, but SO MANY more who didn’t evac had close calls. I tried, but could not capture all the terror and loss. If told to leave for Milton, I beg you, please try. tampabay.com/hurricane/2024…

“I was always just really into the idea of doing a science fiction movie that didn't shy away from the kind of bright blue skies and the weather of the city.” An excellent interview by Sherrilyn Cabrera.

🤣🤣 Incredible moment of Michael Barbaro trying to give me an off ramp from calling something racist and me being like no actually I mean racist

Fernando Valenzuela might be the reason why we got a mariachi singer on a Kendrick Lamar record. Deyra Barrera says Kendrick discovered her at the World Series, when she performed a tribute to the late baseball icon at Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium. Her full story: rollingstone.com/music/music-la…

Starting 2025 union strong! 💪🏼 Today we officially kicked off bargaining. We're excited to begin negotiating a contract that supports the workers who make WLRN, so that we can continue to serve our audience across South Florida and beyond. SAG-AFTRA #WeMakeWLRN

🗣️Calling all No Sabo Kids in South Florida, we want to hear from you! WLRN Public Media wlrn.org/2025-03-14/no-…

16,000 poems and counting: Zip Odes judge sees South Florida through everybody else's eyes (via Sherrilyn Cabrera) wlrn.org/arts-culture/2…

We're still collecting your personal experiences! If you consider yourself a "No Sabo Kid," or if you've ever been called one, we wanna hear from you.🎙️

🎧 Tiny Desk, big platform: WLRN is highlighting some of our favorite South Florida submissions for NPR's 2025 Tiny Desk Contest contest. ⬇️ Listen to two music nerds talk about some of the local artists shooting their shot.

She created a podcast to process her brushes with gun violence. It made a prestigious shortlist (via Sherrilyn Cabrera) wlrn.org/arts-culture/2…

'No Sabo Kids': How South Florida Latinos are confronting their relationship with language and identity (via Sherrilyn Cabrera + Jimena F Romero) wlrn.org/arts-culture/2…