{"podcast":{"title":"WORT 89.9FM Madison","slug":"wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612","podcast_index_feed_id":6475612,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:20835094/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.wortfm.org","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-zHxZTp6DzH3n2gzW-7rEskg-original.jpg","author":"WORT 89.9FM Madison","episode_count":500,"summary":"Listener-sponsored, volunteer-powered, noncommerc…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T10:20:25.821251+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612"},"episode":{"title":"St. Mary’s nurses celebrate certified union vote","slug":"st-mary-s-nurses-celebrate-certified-union-vote","published_at":"2026-07-29T23:43:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612/st-mary-s-nurses-celebrate-certified-union-vote","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612","url":"https://soundcloud.com/wort-fm/st-marys-nurses-celebrate","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2371003025-wort-fm-st-marys-nurses-celebrate.mp3","summary":"Hundreds of nurses at St. Mary’s voted to unionize in June, fed up with staffing and retention issues at the hospital. SSM Health filed a challenge with the National Labor Relations Board soon after, but the board overruled their objections last week and certified the election. It’s a major win for the nurses, who’ve alleged widespread union busting activity in the workplace. Emily Berceau, a labor and delivery nurse, has worked at St. Mary’s for four years. She told our News Producer Faye Parks that the union’s demands would lead to better patient outcomes and it’s time for SSM to come to the bargaining table. Image courtesy: Maria Segura / WORT News.","meta_description":"Hundreds of nurses at St. Mary’s voted to unionize in June, fed up with staffing and retention issues at the hospital. SSM Health filed a challenge with t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":485,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612/episodes/st-mary-s-nurses-celebrate-certified-union-vote/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612/st-mary-s-nurses-celebrate-certified-union-vote.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}