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Labor Express Radio

Labor Express Radio

By Jerry Mead - Lucero

Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. “News for working people, by working people.” Our program covers issues in the labor movement locally, nationally, and internationally. The program also addresses issues of concern to working people such as housing, education, health care, immigrants rights, the environment and U.S. foreign policy, from a working class viewpoint. Labor Express Radio airs Sunday nights at 8:00 PM on Chicago's Lumpenradio, WLPN, 105.5 FM. The program is streamed live at lumpenradio.com/. Archived programs
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Show: Labor Express for 3-17-2024 - Oscar Chacon of Alianza Americas on “migrant crisis”.

Labor Express RadioMar 23, 2024

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Show: Labor Express for 3-17-2024 - Oscar Chacon of Alianza Americas on “migrant crisis”.

Show: Labor Express for 3-17-2024 - Oscar Chacon of Alianza Americas on “migrant crisis”.

This is the full 3-17-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


Oscar Chacon, Executive Director of Alianza Americas, discusses the so-called “migrant crisis”.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Mar 23, 202456:18
Labor Express Radio 20th/30th Anniversary Special!

Labor Express Radio 20th/30th Anniversary Special!

This is the full 3-3-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


Our 20th / 30th Anniversary special! Labor Express Radio started in Fall 1993, so the program actually had its 30th birthday some months ago. February marked the 20th anniversary of current host producer Jerry Mead-Lucero at the helm. This 2 hour + special features a panel discussion with Scott Houldieson UAWD Steering Cmte Chair, and former VP UAW L551- Richard Berg organizer with Chicago Teachers Union (specifically charter school division) - Jorge Mujica of ARISE Chicago Workers Center - and includes the original host of Labor Express, Wayne Heimbach. Following that we hear from Labor Radio Podcast Network founder Chris Garlock. We include several brief audio clips from the Labor Express Radio archive from the past 20 years. Last but not least, thoughts on the migrant “crisis” from Oscar Chacon of Alianza Americas.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong


Mar 06, 202402:14:17
Show: Labor Express for 2-11-2024 - Instituto schools on strike and Sean O’Brien of the Teamsters flirts with Trump
Feb 13, 202457:39
Show: Labor Express for 1-21-2024 - SAG-AFTRA contract on AI and workers centers demand “DALE” renewal.

Show: Labor Express for 1-21-2024 - SAG-AFTRA contract on AI and workers centers demand “DALE” renewal.

This is the full 1-21-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Contract Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and SAG-AFTRA General Counsel Jeffrey Bennett discuss AI protections in the new union contract. Plus, workers centers and immigrant rights groups in Chicago demand DHS renew deferred action for labor enforcement (“DALE”) workplace protections for immigrant workers.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong


Jan 28, 202401:00:21
Show: Labor Express for 12-31-2023 - Instituto schools teachers vote to strike. Economist Jack Rasmus discuses the year in labor 2023.
Jan 06, 202455:56
Show: Labor Express for 12-3-2023 - UAW, APWU, and UE call for Gaza ceasefire, Jasmin Cardenas on WorkersTEATRO
Dec 06, 202356:17
Show: Labor Express for 11-19-2023 - Scott Houldieson, UAW discusses the auto worker contracts, Harold Phillips and Ilyssa Fradin discuss SAG-AFTRA strike win.

Show: Labor Express for 11-19-2023 - Scott Houldieson, UAW discusses the auto worker contracts, Harold Phillips and Ilyssa Fradin discuss SAG-AFTRA strike win.

This is the full 11-19-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


On this episode of Labor Express Radio, two victorious strikes! Scott Houldieson of the UAW discusses the new contracts with the big three automakers and SAG-AFTRA members Harold Phillips and Ilyssa Fradin discuss their new contracts with film and TV producers.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Nov 22, 202356:41
Show: Labor Express for 11-5-2023 - UAW wins big! Chicago Paid Time Off Ordinance. Peter Hudis on war in Gaza.

Show: Labor Express for 11-5-2023 - UAW wins big! Chicago Paid Time Off Ordinance. Peter Hudis on war in Gaza.

This is the full 11-5-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


On this episode of Labor Express Radio, auto workers and the U.S. working class win big! Some details on the UAW strike victory at the big three auto makers. The Chicago City Council considers paid time off ordinance. Peter Hudis, professor of philosophy at Oakton Community College and the author of Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades discusses the war in Gaza.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Nov 05, 202301:13:11
Show: Labor Express for 10-22-2023 - Voices from the UAW picket lines in Chicago and the attitude of organized labor to war in Gaza, Israel and Palestine.

Show: Labor Express for 10-22-2023 - Voices from the UAW picket lines in Chicago and the attitude of organized labor to war in Gaza, Israel and Palestine.

This is the full 10-22-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


On this episode of Labor Express Radio, is the UAW strike nearing an end and a victory for auto workers? Voices from the picket lines. Plus, Steve Zeltzer of Work Week and Larry Goldbetter, President of the National Writers Union discuss the ongoing tragedy in Israel and the Occupied Territories of Palestine.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Oct 24, 202358:50
Show: Labor Express for 10-8-2023 - The ongoing UAW strike wins major gains! Teamster take on Amazon.

Show: Labor Express for 10-8-2023 - The ongoing UAW strike wins major gains! Teamster take on Amazon.

This is the full 10-8-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


On this episode of Labor Express Radio, the UAW is Winning! UAW strike expands to Chicago Ford Assembly Plant and new gains made in negotiations including GM adding electric battery production to the national labor agreement. Also, Teamsters take on Amazon at warehouses in Southern California.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Oct 09, 202353:38
Show: Labor Express for 9-24-2023 - UAW 2023 auto strike expands
Sep 26, 202355:59
Interview: Scott Houldieson of UAW Local 551 discusses 2023 auto strike.

Interview: Scott Houldieson of UAW Local 551 discusses 2023 auto strike.

Scott Houldieson, a worker at Chicago's Ford assembly plant, member of UAW Local 551 (former VP of the local) and UAWD Steering Committee Chair discusses the current auto strike including the “stand up strike” approach and the inside/outside strategy of the union to have maximum impact on the automakers while minimizing the pain for the members. The Interview starts with Scott laying out the main demands of the union.


Sep 20, 202325:46
Show: Labor Express for 9-10-2023 - Pro and con of UPS - Teamsters contract, the possibility of UAW strike, ChiArts teachers win TA

Show: Labor Express for 9-10-2023 - Pro and con of UPS - Teamsters contract, the possibility of UAW strike, ChiArts teachers win TA

This is the full 9-10-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


On this episode of Labor Express Radio, Teamsters rank-an-file vote 86% in favor of UPS contract - we look at the pros and cons of the ratified deal. UAW prepares for a possible auto strike on Sept. 15th. And ChiArts teachers suspend their planned strike and announce a tentative agreement.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Sep 13, 202301:01:27
Show: Labor Express for 8-13-2023 - Scott Houldieson of the UAW and UAWD discusses the contract fight with U.S. auto makers.

Show: Labor Express for 8-13-2023 - Scott Houldieson of the UAW and UAWD discusses the contract fight with U.S. auto makers.

This is the full 8-13-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


On this episode of Labor Express Radio, I talk with Scott Houldieson, an electrician at the Ford Chicago assembly plant, member of UAW Local 551, former VP of UAW Local 551, and current UAWD (Unite all Workers for Democracy) Steering Committee Chair, about the reform movement in the UAW and the current contract negotiations with the big three U.S. automakers.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Aug 15, 202301:00:58
Interview: UE General President Carl Rosen on the legacy of UE Hall.

Interview: UE General President Carl Rosen on the legacy of UE Hall.

This is a special Labor Express Radio Interview: UE General President Carl Rosen on the legacy of UE Hall.

A few months ago UE General President Carl Rosen informed me that the union has decided to sell historic UE Hall at 37 S. Ashland.  It was certainly not surprising.  As Carl explains in the the interview, the Hall had begun its life in the early 20th century as a club for Chicago’s wealthy westside elite.  As that elite abandoned the city mid century and South Ashland Ave. became a working class area, the union purchased the building in the 1940’s.  But by the early 21st century the elite had returned and regentrification has transformed the area around UE Hall into a neighborhood of high priced condos and skyrocketing property taxes.  It therefore only makes sense for the union, rather than pouring money into the ailing structure, sell it and re-invest those funds into building the union.  It also makes sense to find a new home in one of Chicago’s remaining working class communities.  

UE Hall has a place in the heart of anyone who has spent any time active in Chicago’s labor movement.  It has been an organizing center for so many labor struggles in this city in the past seven decades; and not just those of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America.  Few places have opened themselves up to hosting labor militants, radicals, social movement activists and others the way UE Hall has.  There is also very much a personal history here as UE Hall has been home to both Labor Beat TV and Labor Express radio for our entire 30 year plus existence.

In this interview Carl Rosen discusses the history of the hall and describes the murals that decorate the buildings interior.



Aug 02, 202329:11
Show: Labor Express for 7-30-2023 - El Milagro tortillerias and Portillo’s workers favorable NLRB rulings and the legacy of UE Hall
Aug 01, 202301:01:42
Show: Labor Express for 7-16-2023 - Hollywood actors on strike, largest Starbucks in the world files for union election, Joe Allen - The Package King: A Rank and File History of UPS
Jul 18, 202301:27:40
Show: Labor Express for 7-2-2023 - Teamsters at UPS prepare to strike, update on WGA strike and Chicago minimum wage increases.

Show: Labor Express for 7-2-2023 - Teamsters at UPS prepare to strike, update on WGA strike and Chicago minimum wage increases.

This is the full 7-2-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Teamsters and the TDU prepare for a strike at UPS. Update on the Hollywood writer's strike. Chicago and Cook County minimum wages increase.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Jul 05, 202358:39
Show: Labor Express for 6-18-2023 - Will the Summer-Fall of 2023 bring a historic “strike wave”? Chicago Teachers win 12 weeks of parental leave and Chicago as a model for asylum sanctuary.

Show: Labor Express for 6-18-2023 - Will the Summer-Fall of 2023 bring a historic “strike wave”? Chicago Teachers win 12 weeks of parental leave and Chicago as a model for asylum sanctuary.

This is the full 6-18-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


On this episode of Labor Express Radio, a possible Summer-Fall 2023 strike wave looks more likely with developments with Teamsters at UPS, UAW at the Automakers, Hollywood actors joining the writers and the ILWU contract yet to be voted on. Chicago teachers win 12-weeks of parental leave and Chicago becomes a model city for welcoming Asylum seekers under the leadership of Mayor Johnson.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Jun 21, 202301:05:36
Show: Labor Express for 6-4-2023 - AI and your job, warehouse workers demand stronger truck emissions standards, Hollywood strippers unionize, dock workers hold work stoppage

Show: Labor Express for 6-4-2023 - AI and your job, warehouse workers demand stronger truck emissions standards, Hollywood strippers unionize, dock workers hold work stoppage

This is the full 6-4-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.

On this episode of Labor Express Radio, will AI steal your job? Warehouse workers push for stronger truck emissions standards in Illinois. Strippers in Hollywood unionize. West Coast dock workers hold work stoppage.

Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Jun 07, 202356:00
Show: Labor Express for 5-14-2023 - AI and the working class, Hollywood Writers Strike, and May Day 2023 in Chicago
May 24, 202357:29
Show: Labor Express for 4-30-2023 - Hope Academy, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson and child labor laws under attack
May 24, 202356:27
Show: Labor Express for 4-2-2023 - Teamsters gear up for possible UPS strike and France in revolt
May 24, 202357:59
Show: Labor Express for 3-19-2023 - Saket Soni’s The Great Escape, UTLA and SEIU strike LAUSD, UAW reformers win

Show: Labor Express for 3-19-2023 - Saket Soni’s The Great Escape, UTLA and SEIU strike LAUSD, UAW reformers win

This is the full 3-19-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.


Reformers victorious in UAW elections, teachers and staff in Los Angles schools prepare to strike and Saket Soni discusses his new book The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America, about hundreds of Indian guest workers escaping a forced labor camp in post-Katrina Mississippi.


Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

Mar 23, 202356:42
Show: Labor Express for 2-26-2023 - 2022 strike surge and Railroad Workers United speaks out on East Palestine Ohio train derailment
Mar 11, 202301:08:14
Show: Labor Express for 2-12-2023 - U.S. Supreme court threatens right to strike and 1937 Flint Sit-Down strike and its relevance to UAW today
Mar 05, 202356:14
Show: Labor Express for 1-29-2023 - Chicago teachers demand improved parental leave, Arise Chicago demands DHS implement protections for immigrant workers, and Dr. Rasmus predicts economic conditions
Mar 05, 202355:51
Show: Labor Express for 1-8-2023 - Howard Brown Health Centers strike and 2023 predications for the working class
Jan 29, 202355:40
Show: Labor Express for 12-18-2022 - Twitter, domestic workers' rights, incarcerated workers, and labor journalist Kim Kelly

Show: Labor Express for 12-18-2022 - Twitter, domestic workers' rights, incarcerated workers, and labor journalist Kim Kelly

Labor Express for 12-18-2022 

This is the full 12-18-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. 

On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, what does chaos at Twitter mean for unions, domestic worker's rights in Illinois, labor journalist Kim Kelly on incarcerated workers, and much more. 

Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong 

Dec 31, 202255:30
Show: Labor Express for 12-4-2022 - Government imposes railway labor agreement, World Cup 2022, UAW strike at UC

Show: Labor Express for 12-4-2022 - Government imposes railway labor agreement, World Cup 2022, UAW strike at UC

This is the full 12-4-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. 

On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, the federal government uses the arcane Railway Labor Act to cram an unjust contract agreement down the throats of union rail workers, World Cup 2022 comes at the cost of the deaths of hundreds of migrant workers, and the largest strike of graduate student workers in the nation’s history nears the third week mark.

Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong 


Dec 06, 202255:60
Show: Labor Express for 11-13-2022 - CTU fights for bilingual ed and railroad workers on the verge of striking.
Dec 04, 202256:09
Show: Labor Express for 10-30-2022 - Minimum wage laws, Chicago charter school contract fight, elections in Brazil.

Show: Labor Express for 10-30-2022 - Minimum wage laws, Chicago charter school contract fight, elections in Brazil.

This is the full 10-30-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. 

On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, minimum wage laws at the city, county and state level are discussed.  CTU launches a citywide campaign for new charter school contracts. Brazil’s election could impact not only Latin America but the entire world.

Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong 



Nov 15, 202256:14
Show: Labor Express for 10-16-2022 - Alianza Americas sues Republican xenophobes, UAW election candidates
Oct 30, 202255:48
Show: Labor Express for 10-2-2022 - Illinois Worker’ Rights Amendment plus was a railroad strike averted?
Oct 04, 202258:30
Show: Labor Express for 8-14-2022 - Ukrainian working class’s two-front war
Sep 29, 202201:07:49
Show: Labor Express for 9-4-2022 - Labor Day 2022
Sep 06, 202256:51
Show: Labor Express for 8-14-2022 - Rank-and-File Revolt in the UAW
Sep 06, 202256:27
Show: Labor Express for 7-31-2022 - Labor’s response to the attack on abortion rights.
Sep 06, 202256:01
Show: Labor Express for 7-17-2022 - Part 2 of Labor Notes 2022 Coverage
Sep 06, 202255:59
Show: Labor Express for 6-26-2022 - Part 1 of our coverage of Labor Notes 2022.
Jul 19, 202256:22
Show: Labor Express for 6-12-2022 - Joe Burns - Reviving the Strike, Labor Notes 2022 and Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March.
Jun 15, 202253:24
Show: Labor Express for 5-22-2022 - WWJ Good Jobs & Clean Air study, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh murdered, new book by Robin Alexander on the UE, FAT relationship.
May 30, 202259:59
Show: Labor Express for 5-8-2022 - May Day 2022 in Chicago and around the world.
May 15, 202201:00:25
Show: Labor Express for 4-17-2022 - Amazon and REI in New York go union!
Apr 24, 202256:55
Show: Labor Express for 4-3-2022 - IBEW Local 1220 goes on strike at WTTW.
Apr 06, 202256:00
Show: Labor Express for 3-20-2022 - Voices from the Ukrainian Left as they fight Russia’s imperialist aggression.
Mar 24, 202257:55
Show: Labor Express for 3-6-2022 - War in Ukraine from a working-class perspective.
Mar 10, 202257:34
Show: Labor Express for 2-13-2022 - Ald. Sigcho-Lopez discusses Starbucks worker organizing and affordable housing in Chicago
Feb 16, 202201:00:36
Show: Labor Express for 1-30-2022 - New protections for domestic workers in Chicago and CTU and Mayor Lightfoot reach agreement on safe schools.
Feb 06, 202257:26
Show: Labor Express for 1-9-2022 - Chicago Teachers Union fights for safe schools in response to the Omicron variant and Steve Zeltzer looks at labor’s response to the rise of the right.

Show: Labor Express for 1-9-2022 - Chicago Teachers Union fights for safe schools in response to the Omicron variant and Steve Zeltzer looks at labor’s response to the rise of the right.

This is the full 1-9-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.

SORRY FOR THE MUCH DELAYED PODCAST VERSION OF LAST SUNDAY’S LABOR EXPRESS.  THE NEWS IN THIS EPISODE IS DATED NOW, BUT STILL VERY MUCH RELEVANT.  UPDATE COMING SOON… On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, The Chicago Teachers Union calls for a safe return to schools including increased testing in response to the Omicron Covid variant.  Also, Steve Zeltzer of Work Week Radio marks the anniversary of the Jan. 6th attempted coup in a discussion with Vermont AFL-CIO Labor Council president David Van Deusen.  The Vermont Labor Council was one of several central labor bodies that took the bold move of calling for a general strike last January if Trump and the right-wing carried out a coup.  Listen Sunday night at 8:00 PM Central or 11 AM Monday on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM or lumpenradio.com  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong

Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.org

and our homepage on Archive.org at:

http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong

Jan 15, 202255:50