The Labor Exchange on KGNU

KGNU Labor Exchange - On today's episode of the Labor Exchange we recap the election with Jacob Becklund and what it means for working people in Colorado and around the nation. 

Our conversation digs deep into dark money in Colorado. We're joined with Logan M. Davis from the Colorado Times Recorder & Jacob Becklund, Political Director with the Colorado AFL-CIO. Logan shares his reporting about Advance Colorado which is fielding a number of conservative ballot measures this year.  Logan and Jacob share insight on One Main Street, a group that has been active in democra...

We talk to IBEW 111 member Dallas Walton about the Protect College Sports Act and his experience as a basketball player at the University of Colorado and beyond. 

On our Fall Fund Drive show we hear about the working-class roots of soccer, and algorithms being used to set prices for things like groceries. Donate today.

On our Fall Fund Drive show we hear about the working-class roots of soccer, and algorithms being used to set prices for things like groceries. Donate at kgnu.org.

On today's Labor Exchange we talk local labor history and the Lafayette History Museum with Leigh Campbell-Hale, author and retired educator. We talk about a new exhibit at the Lafayette History Museum for its 50th anniversary. Campbell-Hale's book “Remembering Ludlow but forgetting the Columbine The 1927 - 1928 Colorado Coal Strike.” covers the I.W.W. led strike in Serene, Colorado outside of Eri...

On this week's episode of the Labor Exchange we talk about the 2026 election with Jacob Becklund, Political Director with the Colorado AFL-CIO and we hear Don Davis' reporting about a rally of workers forming a union at the Hotel Boulderado. 

KGNU Labor Exchange, on this week's episode we dig into local labor history for our special Labor Day episode. We include tributes to recently departed labor union members Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Peter Cullen. We track a local building from the company mining town in Serene, Colorado to it's final resting spot in Erie and we hear from local historians. 

On this episode of the Labor Exchange we hear from Alaska AFL-CIO President Joelle Hall about the need to elect working class candidates as well as learning about a famous protest dog from Chile, and the labor movement in Taiwan. Photo Diego Grez

On this episode of the Labor Exchange we talk about Boulder City Council's decision to not cut the tipped workers and the legislative fight that led up to it along with the unionization effort at the Hotel Boulderado and the working-class history of soccer.

KGNU Labor Exchange - We cover the union wildfire response in Southern Colorado with Zach Werkowitch and Jarod Miner of Southern Colorado Labor Council as the Aspen Acres fire continues to displace people from their homes. Donate at https://wffriend.org/

KNGU Labor Exchange - we discuss the June 30th Colorado Primary with Jacob Becklund, Political Director of the Colorado AFL-CIO.

On today’s episode we're listening to "Art is a Hammer to Shape the World" a panel from the Great Labor Arts Exchange held in conjunction with the 2026 Labor Notes Conference in Chicago as presented by the Labor Heritage Power Hour. 

On this episode of the Labor Exchange we hear a recap of the 2026 Colorado Legislative session with Kjersten Forseth, lobbyist for the Colorado AFL-CIO. 

On this episode of the Labor Exchange we hear a recap of the 2026 Colorado Legislative session with Kjersten Forseth, lobbyist for the Colorado AFL-CIO

On this episode of the Labor Exchange we recognize Labor History Month by learning with author Leigh Campbell Hale about the Columbine Mine Massacre and union organizing in Colorado's northern coal fields.

We hear from SEIU Local 105's Andy Jacob from the America's Workforce Union Podcast - the country's only daily labor focused podcast. Plus we hear from Marge Taniwaki as she accepts her induction into the Colorado Labor Hall of Honor.     

We talk to Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana director of Backside: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing; a PBS Independent Lens  documentary that takes you to the unseen world of the workers at the Kentucky Derby.

We talk with Colorado AFL-CIO Political Director Jacob Becklund on how to effectively engage in politics, his vision for the future and how the labor movement can build power in Colorado.

On this episode we listen to testimony from the Worker Protection Act and two bills dealing with farm worker overtime in the state. An effort to improve and streamline overtime for farm workers failed and a bill to increase the amount of time worked before being eligible for overtime moved forward. 

Nearly 4000 UFCW Local 7 Meatpacking workers are on strike against JBS USA. We talk with Leticia Avalos, a JBS worker, UFCW member and shop steward and Kim Cordova, President of UFCW Local 7 about unfair labor practices at the plant and how workers are standing up against this multinational company.      

On this episode of the Labor Exchange we listen to labor radio from around the world with the Labor Radio Podcast weekly.

On this week’s Labor Exchange we talk to Boulder Public Library workers Michael Serrano and Rachel Garfield-Levine. Workers at the library have formed a union and are seeking recognition and a contract. 

On this bonus episode of the KGNU Labor Exchange we talk to Adrian Rogers, President of AFSCME Local 1733 in Memphis Tennessee.  The local famously gained union recognition in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike which was the for civil rights and union rights for Memphis City Workers. It was during his support for this strike that the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr gave his final speech titled I’ve...

With a special new years message, we listen back to our episode with artist Austin Sauerbrei about his book Trouble! At Coal Creek.