Labor Express Radio

Labor Express Radio


Latest Episodes

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.
October 23, 2023

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 Gol

Show: Labor Express for 10-8-2023 - The ongoing UAW strike wins major gains! Teamster take on Amazon.
October 09, 2023

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

Show: Labor Express for 9-24-2023 - UAW 2023 auto strike expands
September 26, 2023

This is the full 9-24-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.On this episode of Labor Express Radio, auto strike expands. The UAW is now on strike at 41 locations in 20 states. UAW President Shawn Fain explains the reason for adding plants to

Interview: Scott Houldieson of UAW Local 551 discusses 2023 auto strike.
September 19, 2023

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

Show: Labor Express for 9-10-2023 - Pro and con of UPS - Teamsters contract, the possibility of UAW strike, ChiArts teachers win TA
September 12, 2023

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

Show: Labor Express for 8-13-2023 - Scott Houldieson of the UAW and UAWD discusses the contract fight with U.S. auto makers.
August 14, 2023

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 curr

Interview: UE General President Carl Rosen on the legacy of UE Hall.
August 01, 2023

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

Show: Labor Express for 7-30-2023 - El Milagro tortillerias and Portillo’s workers favorable NLRB rulings and the legacy of UE Hall
August 01, 2023

This is the full 7-30-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.On this episode of Labor Express Radio, workers for El Milagro tortillerias and for Portillos, with the assistance of ARISE Chicago workers center, utilize favorable NLRB rulings to

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
July 18, 2023

This is the full 7-16-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.On this episode of Labor Express Radio, the Hollywood actors (SAG-AFTRA) go on strike. Workers at the largest Starbucks in the world in downtown Chicago file for a union recognition

Show: Labor Express for 7-2-2023 - Teamsters at UPS prepare to strike, update on WGA strike and Chicago minimum wage increases.
July 05, 2023

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 inc