Labor Radio

We learn what’s been going on at the Schoeps ice cream factory in Madison, hear from the organizing drive at Ocean Spray in Wisconsin Rapids, learn about organizing in the Wisconsin Farmers Union, dig deeper into how workers are affected by the UW budget cuts, explore the history of Right to Work laws and more.

We take a look at how Wisconsin unions are doing now after years of Act 10, discuss demands for a ceasefire from all over the world and from our unions here at home, discuss the impacts of budget cuts in the UW system, catch up on labor struggles near and far, look at teh National Farmers Union, and more.

Today, we commemorate the Flint sitdown strike of 1937 and look at UAW organiizing today, talk to a South African trade unionist about that country's legal and social actions in support of Palestine, look at the US Supreme Court and its taking up of a Starbucks labor case, hear from a longtime union activist on the state of unions today, see how child labor is growing in the 21st century, and more...

We look at the labor legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., learn about budget cuts affecting the UW system, get an update on bargaining at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital, hear what is happening in Alabama as the UAW organizes, get a look at a tech union legal win, and more.

On this show ww'll look at Madison labor's preparation for the Martin Luther King Community dinner, hear about organzing at a Marquette University Starbucks, learn about the efforts of letter carriers to protect themselves in Milwaukee, check out the status of fair district maps after last month's favorable state Supreme Court ruling, hear about lcoal plans for education and youth outreach, get a...

In our end-of-the year show, Labor News reporters discuss this year in labor news and give a shoutout to workers who help us report it. We also remember Labor Radio co-founder Ellen LaLuzurne.

In this show, we have an get an exclusive report from the North Pole. Also we take a look at the year for workers in Wisconsin and across the nation, report on calls from labor for a ceasefire in Gaza, look at Wisconsin retirees, report on some government rulings affecting workers and consumers, and more.

In this show, we get late-breaking details of the newly-ratified OPEIU Local 39 contracts with MG&E andTruStage, hear union leadership’s reaction to the state legislature’s underhanded move to force culture war changes at UW, check in with postal workers during this stressful holiday season, tell more about the UAW’s organizing strategy, look at labor solidarity with Palestine in Wisconsin, of...

We get an update on not one but two labor tenative agreements by OPEIU Local 39, check out tmorrow's march for Palestine in Madison and delve into the labor reaction, look at a new union at Lambeau Field, learn about UAW’s ongoing organizing efforts in non-union auto plants, hear from a union leader about what Act 10 has done--and the lawsuit that labor hopes will undo it, and more.

We learn about a lawsuit by unions against Act 10, talk to a union worker at Amazon in New York, look at the postal worker contract and the holiday season, announce the start of bargaining at Meriter, explore the new organizaing campaign by UAW, and more. THIS IS A BIRTHDAY BASH PLEDGE EDITION.

This week, we have extended interviews with UAW Local 12 auto worker Dawnya Ferdinandsen and labor journalist and activist Jane Slaughter. They discuss the 'stand-up' strike against the Big 3 autmakers and the contract agreement that resulted from it.

We report on the Madison response to the nationwide Starbucks strike, a lawsuit over school vouchers, jobs getting slashed at a University of Wisconsin system school, the Madison city budget and what it means for city workers, a local labor response to the attack on Gaza and a company that arms it, a Department of Labor finding in a worker death in Prairie du Chien, and more.

We bring you on-the-ground-reporting from the rally for union solidarity, learn what SEIU nurses have to say about patient care concerns, hear what teaching staff and parents have to say about low wages in Monona schools, look at the SAG-AFTRA agreement, hear about an international and a local resolution on the destruction in Gaza, learn about a strike authorization by IBEW 2150 at We Energies, he...

Today, we bring you news of Saturday's union solidarity march and rally in Madison, celebrate UAW’s victory for all workers, look at the organized labor response to the crisis in Palestine, talk to a worker about the new contract at Oakwood Village, get an immigrants rights look at Wisconsin's districting battles, look at the University of Wisconsin's teaching assistant union in historical context...

Get this week's update on the ongoing UAW-Big 3 strike, hear about the brand new union contract at Oakwood Village and preparation for negotiations at Meriter Hospital, hear voices at a rally at the capitol for fair electoral maps, get an update on union organizing at a Milwaukee game company, learn about preparations for the upcoming solidarity rally, hear about OSHA’s crackdown on dishonest boss...

We bring you this week's update on the ongoing UAW strike, learn about an upcoming unity rally to support OPEIU Local 39 in their struggle with Madison Gas and Electric, learn more about how cuts at UW Oshkosh will affect workers, hear about a proposed union resolution on Palestine, check a report on Madison failure on equity over the last ten years, learn about the new union at Workers Justice Wi...

Today, we bring you the latest update on the UAW strike, details of the win by healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente, news of a rally by Wisconsin state workers, the good word on bosses with fines and bosses in handcuffs, the bad word on teacher pay, the latest on Wisconsin districting battles, and more.

We bring you the latest on the UAW strike still holding strong against the Big 3 automakers and talk to picketers, give details on the largest healthcare workers strike ever in the US, hear about a worker-led petition at a Madison Starbucks, get news of actions by state workers and more. THIS IS A PLEDGE WEEK EDITION.

We bring more news on the historic UAW strike against the Big 3 automakers, including coverage of a solidarity rally in Milwaukee and an analysis of the strike's impact by Frank Emspak, along with news of struggles at TruStage, UW-Oshkosh and more. THIS IS A PLEDGE WEEK EDITION.

Today, we hear about Week Two of the United Auto Workers in the words of UAW President Shawn Fain, get an update on negotiations at Noble Knight Games and at Madison Sourdough, hear how a proposed national grocery merger affects workers, get the latest info on state worker compensation, hear about some good proposed labor standards changes, find out what happened on this day in labor and pizza his...

We bring you the full message from UAW President Shawn Fain and more on the history-making strike against the Big 3 automakers, along with news of struggles at Crushin’ It, MG&E, and UW Oshkosh, get a reminder that social spending actually works, hear how Republicans are going after Justice Protasiewicz, learn about actions for Medicaid this Sudnay, and more.

Today, we get news on a walkout at a local Starbucks, hear about teachers and supporters switched a school board vote in Monona, catch up on the potential UAW strike, get news from the union at Noble Knight Games and catch up on other area labor actions, hear what happened at this year's LaborFest and at NAACP Labor Week, and more.

Today, we report on new contact settlements ;OPEIU local 39 negotiations with Madison Gas and Electric; the challenges faced by the teaching Assistants Association; hospital workers speak out in Appleton, Laborfest ’23, the NLRB moves on overtime rules, the March on Washington 60 years on, and more.

We take look at opportunities for young workers including a new SCFL committee and an IBEW apprenticeship. We take a look at a protest during the recent Republican debates in Milwaukee, get ready for Laborfest ’23, hear a UAW update and some labor legal rulings, and more.

Today, we take a look at the latest for OPEIU 39 and IBEW 2304 with negotiations at MG&E, discuss the crisis caused by a lack of affordable housing in Dane County, hear from a worker at Madison Sourdough, hear the president of the UAW take on Big 3 execs, hear excerpts from a report on farm labor, and more.