Labor Express Radio

This is the full 6-21-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  BP oil refinery workers in Whiting, Indiana, members of the Steel Workers union, have been locked out for over 3 months.  I talk with USW Local 7‑1 President Eric Schultz about the events leading up to the lockout, how his members are holding up, and how working people can demonstrate solidarity with his members. Also, the fig...

This is the full 6-7-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  We take a look at the impact of AI (artificial intelligence) on workers.  Teamsters members at UPS, raise concerns regarding the use of inward-facing cameras in UPS trucks on the health and safety of drivers as increasing evidence indicates a serious problem.  The International Labour Organization (ILO) releases a report entitl...

This is the full 5-24-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Labor Notes discusses taxing the rich and fighting AI in the workplace. Plus Jacob Morrison of The Valley Labor Report and labor journalist Hamilton Nolan discuss Union Now, a new fund for workers in organizing fights. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working peo...

This is the full 4-26-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  Labor historians Jeremy Brecher and Joseph McCartin, and labor organizer Stephen Lerner discuss how “Resisting Trumpism Can Revive the U.S. Labor Movement”. Plus, more details on plans for May Day in Chicago. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by w...

This is the full 4-12-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  Plans for May Day 2026 in Chicago.  This year’s May Day might not only be the largest since 2006, but maybe the most important since the first May Day in 1886.  Hear what is planned, who is organizing it and how you can get involved.  Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. New...

This is the full 3-29-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  How do we move from symbolic protests like No Kings to direct action? Lessons from the Palestinian solidarity struggle.  Also May Day 2026, plans for a general strike. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs e...

This is the full 3-15-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Shamal Ali, a leader within the Communist Party of Iran-Hekmatist, discusses how the U.S. and Israel’s imperialist war sets back the workers' movement in Iran and must be opposed by the working class world-wide. Professor Afshin Matin-Asgari, author of Axis of Empire: A History of Iran-US Relations, talks about the current...

This is the full 3-1-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The new Unite & Win Podcast interviews Jorge Mújica of ARISE Chicago about immigrant worker organizing. Folks on the Work Stoppage Podcast discuss possibilities for a general strike in the U.S. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people...

This is the full 2-8-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Starbucks workers call on customers to delete the Starbucks app from their phones. I discuss the new documentary The Best Union Money Could Buy with filmmaker, Mike Balonek, and two UAW members, George Windau, long time UAW activist and participant in various reform movements in the UAW over the years including New Directions an...

This is the full 1-25-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. We discuss the Minneapolis “general strike” of Jan. 23rd 2026 and Jackson Potter of the Chicago Teachers Union talks about the Trump administration's harassment of the union. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Ra...

This is the full 1-11-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Chicago demands hands off Venezuela and justice for Renee Nicole Good. Plus, Chicagoans demand CPD stop cooperating with ICE! Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest 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,...

This is the full 12-28-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  Two excerpts from recent episodes of the Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report radio program in memory of the Dec. 12th passing of that show's co-host and friend of Labor Express, Ken Nash.  The episodes examine the continued genocide in Gaza post-“Ceasefire” and labor historian Jeff Schuhrke discusses his new...

This is the full 12-7-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  Labor Notes asks, how unions can defend worker power under Trump 2.0.?  Economic Policy Institute Labor strategist Dave Kamper discusses his new book entitled Who’s Got the Power: The Resurgence of American Unions. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people...

This is the full 11-23-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  Starbucks workers are on strike at over 95 locations across the country.  We look at the issues that led up to the strike. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest 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, 1...

This is the full 11-9-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  CTU and SEIU call out Chicago corporations profiting of ICE terrorizing immigrant working-class communities.  PERRO blocks dangerous demolitions of industrial sites in the Pilsen neighborhood. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. L...

This is the full 10-19-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Report back from No Kings Day 2.0 and Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, discusses her new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by workin...

This is the full 9-28-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Day laborer Willian Giménez kidnapped by ICE, the Chicago Teachers Union protests more charter school closures and plans for No Kings Day 2.0 on Oct. 18th. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday a...

This is the full 9-14-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  Interviews and speeches from Labor Day 2025 in Chicago, including with members of Teamsters Local 705, on strike for three months at Mauser Packaging Solutions, in the La Villita neighborhood, who demand their employer agree to protections against ICE raids at their workplace. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor...

This is the full 8-31-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  This Labor Day 2025 episode includes news and music.  Jorge Mujica of ARISE Chicago Workers Center discusses plans for Labor Day 2025 in Chicago, as well as how unions are taking action to defend immigrant workers.  English folk musician Ed Pickford, the author of “The Worker’s Song” and many other songs addressing the struggl...

This is the full 8-17-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Don Villar of the Chicago Federation of Labor discusses Chicago’s history as a leader in labor media and the current attacks on immigrant workers by the Trump administration. Also, organizers in the immigrant worker communities in Los Angeles discuss attacks on their members. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor ne...

This is the full 7-27-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  The Labor Notes podcast discusses combating ICE and Trump’s impact on the building trades. Leaders of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) discuss Trump’s attacks on immigrant day laborers. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by worki...

This is the full 7-13-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  CTU plans for a rally on July 17th, demanding Gov. Priztker call a special session to deal with the school funding crisis.  And Judy Ancel of the Heartland Labor Reform talks with Carl Rosen, General President of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, better known as UE, about what it means to be a member...

This is the full 6-29-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, SEIU holds a Justice Journey caravan through the deep South, culminating in Louisiana, which has become Trump’s preferred location for disappearing immigrants snatched up in ICE raids prior to their deportation.  Also, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani wins NYC’s Democratic mayor...

This is the full 6-29-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, SEIU holds a Justice Journey caravan through the deep South culminating in Louisiana, which has become Trump’s preferred location for disappearing immigrants snatched up in ICE raids prior to their deportation.  Also, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani wins NYC’s Democratic mayora...

This is the full 6-1-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.  On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Tesla Takedown against oligarchy continues every Saturday at the Tesla dealership in downtown Chicago.  And Labor Express Radio commemorates the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working peo...