Labor Express Radio

Labor Express Radio


Latest Episodes

Show: Labor Express for 12-22-2024 - Jorge Mujica on resisting Trump’s planned mass deportations and voices from the Amazon picket lines
December 24, 2024

This is the full 12-22-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  Jorge Mujica of ARISE Chicago Workers Center discusses resisting Trump’s planned mass deportations. Also voices from the Amazon picket lines and info on the Starbucks nationwide stri

Show: Labor Express for 12-8-2024 - Jimmy Williams Jr., Mark Dimondstein, and Adolph Reed Jr. discuss the aftermath of the 2024 election
December 14, 2024

This is the full 12-8-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Jimmy Williams Jr., President of the International Union of Painters, Mark Dimondstein, President of the American Postal Workers Union and professor Adolph Reed Jr. all discuss the a

Show: Labor Express for 11-24-2024 - CTU ties contract fight to fight against Trump’s Project 2025, we also examine xenophobia and fascism post-Trump’s re-election
November 30, 2024

This is the full 11-24-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Trumps re-election will bring massive, sustained attacks on the working class, unions, and especially immigrant workers. The labor movement must begin now to build a fightback stra

Show: Labor Express for 10-27-2024 - Jackson Potter, CTU VP on teacher’s contract negotiations and school board elections, plus ACERO closures
October 29, 2024

This is the full 10-27-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.Jackson Potter, Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union, discusses contract negotiations, the CPS budget crisis, and the first-ever elections for the Chicago Board of Education.

Interview: Jackson Potter, CTU VP on teacher’s contract negotiations
October 27, 2024

Jackson Potter, Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union, discusses contract negotiations, the CPS budget crisis, and the very first elections for the Chicago Board of Education.

Show: Labor Express for 10-13-2024 - The ILA (Longshoremen) win their strike. UAW President Shawn Fain speaks to the CTU.
October 26, 2024

This is the full 10-13-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.The ILA (The International Longshoremen's Association) wins their 3-day strike and a 62% wage increase! UAW President Shawn Fain speaks to the CTU (Chicago Teachers Union).Labor Ex

Show: Labor Express for 9-22-2024 - Julian Electric workers organize, Jonas Čeika on fascism & middle classes
September 24, 2024

This is the full 9-22-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.ARISE Chicago workers center helps Julian Electric workers in Lockport organize a union, Kiefer Dunn discusses adjuncts first contract fight at the Art Institute, Peter Hudis discusse

Show: Labor Express for 9-8-2024 - Les Leopold, author of Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It
September 09, 2024

This is the full 9-8-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Les Leopold, Executive Director of the Labor Institute and author of a new book entitled Wall Streets War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and

Show: Labor Express for 8-25-2024 - the U.S. labor movement inside and outside the Democratic National Convention (DNC) 2024.
September 01, 2024

This is the full 8-25-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.The U.S. labor movement inside and outside the Democratic National Convention (DNC) 2024.Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News

Show: Labor Express for 8-11-2024 - ALU joins Teamsters, Pizza Nova workers, SureBuilt workers, Colombian Demand Justice
September 01, 2024

This is the full 8-11-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.ARISE Chicago Workers Center assists workers at Pizza Nova and SureBuilt Concrete Forms organize. The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) affiliates with the Teamsters. Colombian workers win a