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Latest Episodes

Show: Labor Express for 7-28-2024 - Palestinian trade unionists call for ceasefire and CTU fights 2024-25 CPS budget proposal
August 01, 2024

This is the full 7-28-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The Chicago Teachers Union fights the CPS 2025 school budget. Palestinian trade unionists speak out on a call hosted by the National Labor Network for a Ceasefire.Labor Express Rad

Show: Labor Express for 7-7-2024 - Labor Notes 2024 session on direct action and CTU fights layoffs
August 01, 2024

This is the full 7-7-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) protests the layoffs of 330 paraprofessionals by Chicago Public School management. Also, excerpts from the Labor Notes 2024 panel on Direct Action - w

Show: Labor Express for 6-23-2024 - Jorge Mujica on Mexican Elections, CTU’s first public bargaining session
August 01, 2024

This is the full 6-23-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and CPS hold the first-ever contract bargaining session open to the public. Jorge Mujica discusses the presidential election in Mexico and AMLOs leg

Show: Labor Express for 6-2-2024 - Labor Notes 2024 - AI and the working class, Alex O'Keefe of WGA and writer for The Bear as well as Deborah Burger of NNU
June 03, 2024

This is the full 6-2-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. More from Labor Notes 2024. Workers confront AI (artificial intelligence) with Alex O'Keefe, writer for the FX TV show The Bear and WGA member as well as Deborah Burger of NNU. Al

Show: Labor Express for 5-19-2024 - Audio from Labor Notes 2024 - Can Unions Seize the Moment? - Including Sara Nelson of AFA
May 25, 2024

This is the full 5-19-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Audio from Labor Notes 2024. Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants, Daniel Vicente, UAW Region 9 Director and Greg Iwinski of the Writers Guild

Show: Labor Express for 5-5-2024 - Audio from Labor Notes 2024, including the UAW victory at Volkswagen and Erek Slater with ATU Local 241 fights for his job
May 09, 2024

This is the full 5-5-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Audio from Labor Notes 2024. UAW wins big at Volkswagen in Chatanooga! Erek Slater, Chicago public transit bus driver, and former executive board member of Amalgamated Transit Union,

Show: Labor Express for 4-14-2024 - Erek Slater of ATU Local 241 wins his fight for free speech and labor rights and more unions join call for Gaza ceasefire
April 16, 2024

This is the full 4-14-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.Erek Slater, Chicago public transit bus driver, former elected shop steward and former executive board member of Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241, wins his court fight for free sp

Show: Labor Express for 3-17-2024 - Les Leopold discusses his book Wall Street's War on Workers and Erek Slater, ATU Local 241, fights his firing by CTA and his unlawful arrest by the Chicago police.
April 01, 2024

This is the full 3-31-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Erek Slater, Chicago public transit bus driver, former elected shop steward and former executive board member of Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241, fights his firing by CTA and hi

Show: Labor Express for 3-17-2024 - Oscar Chacon of Alianza Americas on “migrant crisis”.
March 22, 2024

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 progra

Labor Express Radio 20th/30th Anniversary Special!
March 06, 2024

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 c