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Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. “News for working people, by working people.” Our program covers issues in the labor movement locally, nationally, and internationally. The program also addresses issues of concern to working people such as housing, education, health care, immigrants rights, the environment and U.S. foreign policy, from a working class viewpoint. Labor Express Radio airs Sunday nights at 8:00 PM on Chicago's ...
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Show: Labor Express for 2-26-2023 - 2022 strike surge and Railroad Workers United speaks out on East Palestine Ohio train derailment
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This is the full 2-26-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, it seems the pandemic period strike wave continues - 2022 saw a 50% increase in strike activity. And Railroad Workers United speaking out on the corporate greed behind the East Palestine Ohio train derailment. Labor Express Radio is …
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Show: Labor Express for 2-12-2023 - U.S. Supreme court threatens right to strike and 1937 Flint Sit-Down strike and its relevance to UAW today
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This is the full 2-12-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the Feb. 12th episode of Labor Express Radio, will the U.S. Supreme Court attack the right to strike? And the 86th anniversary of the 1937 Flint Sit-Down strike and its relevance to the UAW and the labor movement today. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and cur…
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Show: Labor Express for 1-29-2023 - Chicago teachers demand improved parental leave, Arise Chicago demands DHS implement protections for immigrant workers, and Dr. Rasmus predicts economic conditions
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This is the full 1-29-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the Jan. 29th episode of Labor Express Radio, Chicago teachers demand Mayor Lightfoot implement improved parental leave, Arise Chicago demands DHS implement protections for immigrant workers, the war in Ukraine’s effect on seafarers and Dr. Jack Rasmus predicts economic condi…
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Show: Labor Express for 1-8-2023 - Howard Brown Health Centers strike and 2023 predications for the working class
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This is the full 1-8-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. What does 2023 have in store for working people and the labor movement? Forecasts and predictions for the new year. Also, workers at the Howard Brown Health Centers carry out a 3-day strike to protest layoffs. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs r…
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Show: Labor Express for 12-18-2022 - Twitter, domestic workers' rights, incarcerated workers, and labor journalist Kim Kelly
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Labor Express for 12-18-2022 This is the full 12-18-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, what does chaos at Twitter mean for unions, domestic worker's rights in Illinois, labor journalist Kim Kelly on incarcerated workers, and much more. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and c…
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Show: Labor Express for 12-4-2022 - Government imposes railway labor agreement, World Cup 2022, UAW strike at UC
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This is the full 12-4-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, the federal government uses the arcane Railway Labor Act to cram an unjust contract agreement down the throats of union rail workers, World Cup 2022 comes at the cost of the deaths of hundreds of migrant workers, and the largest stri…
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Show: Labor Express for 11-13-2022 - CTU fights for bilingual ed and railroad workers on the verge of striking.
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This is the full 11-13-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, the Chicago Teachers Union holds a Dia de los Muertos press conference to highlight CPS’s broken promises on bilingual ed in Chicago’s public schools and, is a railroad strike still likely? Members of Railroad Workers United discuss…
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Show: Labor Express for 10-30-2022 - Minimum wage laws, Chicago charter school contract fight, elections in Brazil.
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This is the full 10-30-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, minimum wage laws at the city, county and state level are discussed. CTU launches a citywide campaign for new charter school contracts. Brazil’s election could impact not only Latin America but the entire world. Labor Express Radio …
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Show: Labor Express for 10-16-2022 - Alianza Americas sues Republican xenophobes, UAW election candidates
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This is the full 10-16-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Alianza Americas and Lawyers for Civil Rights initiate a lawsuit targeting the Republican politicians responsible for the fraudulent transportation of migrants under false pretenses. Also, audio from the historic UAW Presidential Ca…
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Show: Labor Express for 10-2-2022 - Illinois Worker’ Rights Amendment plus was a railroad strike averted?
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This is the full 10-2-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, I discuss the proposed Workers' Rights Amendment that is on the 2022 general election ballot in Illinois with Robert Bruno, a Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Labor and Employment Relations and as…
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Show: Labor Express for 8-14-2022 - Ukrainian working class’s two-front war
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This is the full 9-18-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, the Ukrainian working class faces a fight on two fronts. While they organize a truly heroic resistance to Russian imperialism, they must also contend with an attack on their labor rights from within - from their own neo-liberal Parli…
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Show: Labor Express for 9-4-2022 - Labor Day 2022
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This is the full 9-4-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, we celebrate Labor Day with a little history, reflections on highlights of the labor movement in Chicago for the past year and a little music. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio…
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Show: Labor Express for 8-14-2022 - Rank-and-File Revolt in the UAW
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This is the full 8-14-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Rank-and-File Revolt in the UAW! Scott Houldieson, Chairperson of Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) discuss the historic UAW 2022 Convention. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by wor…
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Show: Labor Express for 7-31-2022 - Labor’s response to the attack on abortion rights.
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This is the full 7-31-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the next episode of Labor Express Radio, the U.S. Supreme Court last month stripped away bodily autonomy for women and endorsed forced pregnancy - involuntary, unpaid reproductive labor. What is the labor movement's response? Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English lang…
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Show: Labor Express for 7-17-2022 - Part 2 of Labor Notes 2022 Coverage
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This is the full 7-17-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the next episode of Labor Express Radio, part 2 of our excerpts of presentations from Labor Notes 2022, including the voices of powerful leaders in the labor movement like Sara Nelson of the Flight Attendants Union, Marcia Howard of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, Nol…
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Show: Labor Express for 6-26-2022 - Part 1 of our coverage of Labor Notes 2022.
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This is the full 6-26-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, excerpts of presentations from Labor Notes 2022, including voices from the organizing victories at Amazon and Starbucks and a speech on the state of the class struggle in the U.S. by Sen. Bernie Sanders. Labor Express Radio is Chicag…
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Show: Labor Express for 6-12-2022 - Joe Burns - Reviving the Strike, Labor Notes 2022 and Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March.
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This is the full 6-12-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Joe Burn’s has a new book out entitled Class Struggle Unionism. From the Labor Express Radio archive, we rebroadcast a presentation on his previous book, Reviving The Strike. Plus Labor Notes 2022 and Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers…
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Show: Labor Express for 5-22-2022 - WWJ Good Jobs & Clean Air study, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh murdered, new book by Robin Alexander on the UE, FAT relationship.
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This is the full 5-22-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Warehouse Workers for Justice releases a new Good Jobs & Clean Air study which examines the impact of warehouses in Will County and alternatives for the future. Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh murdered by the IDF in the Occupied Territories. And new book by Rob…
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Show: Labor Express for 5-8-2022 - May Day 2022 in Chicago and around the world.
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This is the full 5-8-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. May Day 2022 in Chicago and around the world. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language 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, 105.5 FM. For more i…
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Show: Labor Express for 4-17-2022 - Amazon and REI in New York go union!
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This is the full 4-17-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, a historic union election victory at Staten Island Amazon warehouse and union election victory at Soho REI store in NYC! Are we in a period of possible labor movement resurgence? #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong Lab…
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Show: Labor Express for 4-3-2022 - IBEW Local 1220 goes on strike at WTTW.
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This is the full 4-3-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, IBEW Local 1220 launches a strike at WTTW-Channel 11, Chicago’s public television channel. It's the first strike in the broadcaster's over 65-year history. Hear why the workers at WTTW see this as an existential fight. #laborradionetw…
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Show: Labor Express for 3-20-2022 - Voices from the Ukrainian Left as they fight Russia’s imperialist aggression.
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This is the full 3-20-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, voices from the Ukrainian Left as they fight Russia’s imperialist aggression. #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. New…
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Show: Labor Express for 3-6-2022 - War in Ukraine from a working-class perspective.
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This is the full 3-6-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, one of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign’s leading spokespersons - academic, socialist activist and expert on Ukrainian history, Marko Bojcun, discusses the origins of the current crisis in Ukraine. We will also hear from a long-time Ru…
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Show: Labor Express for 2-13-2022 - Ald. Sigcho-Lopez discusses Starbucks worker organizing and affordable housing in Chicago
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This is the full 2-13-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, we talk Starbucks workers organizing! Workers at 70 Starbucks locations across the country are organizing unions, including 2 in Chicago. Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez discusses introducing a resolution in Chicago City Council to suppo…
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Show: Labor Express for 1-30-2022 - New protections for domestic workers in Chicago and CTU and Mayor Lightfoot reach agreement on safe schools.
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This is the full 1-30-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Arise Chicago Workers Center discusses Chicago’s new domestic worker rights ordinance. The Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Lightfoot reach an agreement on a safe return plan, but short of what the Union wanted. And working people’s …
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Show: Labor Express for 1-9-2022 - Chicago Teachers Union fights for safe schools in response to the Omicron variant and Steve Zeltzer looks at labor’s response to the rise of the right.
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This is the full 1-9-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. SORRY FOR THE MUCH DELAYED PODCAST VERSION OF LAST SUNDAY’S LABOR EXPRESS. THE NEWS IN THIS EPISODE IS DATED NOW, BUT STILL VERY MUCH RELEVANT. UPDATE COMING SOON… On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, The Chicago Teachers Union calls for a safe return to schools includin…
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Show: Labor Express for 12-19-2021 - Rank-and-file members of IATSE and UAW at John Deere discuss health and safety, new contracts, Chicago JWJ launches new campaign.
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This is the full 12-19-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, rank-and-file members of IATSE and the UAW at John Deere discuss health and safety on the job as well as their new contracts. Chicago JWJ announces a new organizing project called CAWS. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English …
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Show: Labor Express for 12-5-2021 - Jonah Furman, Labor Notes on new John Deere contract and sympathy strikes at Kaiser
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This is the full 12-5-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Jonah Furman of Labor Notes discusses the victory of striking workers at John Deere and what they won in their new contract. Jonah also talks about the new contracts or TAs for IATSE members and workers for Kaiser, as well as the ove…
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Show: Labor Express for 11-21-2021 - New IATSE contract, Halyna Hutchins tragic death on the set of Rust, El Milagro workers, immigration reform and Biden
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This is the full 11-21-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, IATSE members vote yes by a raise thin margin on their new contract, avoiding a strike. But is this really a win for workers? And how does the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust highlight the working …
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Show: Labor Express for 11-7-2021 - STRIKETOBER becomes STRIKEVEMBER or STRIKESGIVING!
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This is the full 11-7-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, STRIKETOBER becomes STRIKEVEMBER or STRIKESGIVING! The 2021 wave of strikes continues, but is it a “strike wave”. We hear from multiple labor commentators, organizers and Kellogg’s strikers. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English la…
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Show: Labor Express for 10-24-2021 - Shailly Gupta Barnes of the Poor People’s Campaign and Striketober.
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This is the full 10-24-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, Shailly Gupta Barnes of the Poor People’s Campaign discusses their new study, Waking the Sleeping Giant: Poor and Low-Income Voters in the 2020 Elections. We also discuss STRIKETOBER! The strike wave sweeping the nation. Labor Express Rad…
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Show: Labor Express for 10-3-2021 - Know Your Rights on the Job and Jonah Furman on John Deere.
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This is the full 10-3-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, the Raise the Floor Alliance, Warehouse Workers for Justice and TWUAP (Temp Worker Union Alliance Project), educate workers about their rights on the job and Jonah Furman, staff writer for Labor Notes, discusses contract negotiations at Jo…
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Show: Labor Express for 9-19-2021 - Status of PRO-Act and Hurricane Ida and the NYC working class.
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This is the full 9-19-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, Bill Samuel, director of government affairs at the AFL-CIO talks about the status of the PRO-Act and Luis Feliz Leon, staff writer and organizer with Labor Notes, discusses the impact of Hurricane Ida on the NYC working class. Labor Expres…
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Show: Labor Express for 9-5-2021 - Reflection and analysis of the Trumka years of the AFL-CIO with two labor historians.
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This is the full 9-5-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, we examine the Trumka years of the AFL-CIO and reflect on the legacy of the late Richard Trumka - from miner to trade union leader and eventually President of the nation’s largest labor federation. Our guests are Steven Ashby, professor in …
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Show: Labor Express for 8-22-2021 - Eulogy to Trumka, CTU demands safe school return, and the host/producer of The Amazon.
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This is the full 8-22-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, a brief eulogy for AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka, CTU bargains with CPS over safe return to schools and Avery Barnard, former Amazon employee and producer of the podcast called The Amazon talks about why he launched a podcast on Amazon’s i…
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Show: Labor Express for 8-8-2021 - Dennis Kosuth on new nurses contract at Cook County Hospital and Frito-Lay strikers on why they struke and what they gained.
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This is the full 8-8-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, Dennis Kosuth - NNU nurse at Cook County hospital and member of the CTU as a school nurse discusses the new nurse's contact at Cook County and concerns regarding the coming school year. Also, a 3-week long strike at Frito-Lay in Kansas ende…
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Show: Labor Express for 7-25-2021 - PRO-Act week of action and Amazon a danger to our communities.
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This is the full 7-25-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, The AFL-CIO ramps up the fight for the PRO-Act with a week of action including every state in the union. Meanwhile space cowboy Jeff Bezos takes a 4 minute ride to outer space, financed on the backs of hundreds of thousands of Amazon worke…
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Show: Labor Express for 6-27-2021 - CTU fights layoffs, NNU and SEIU strike at Cook County, members of ATU fight CTA mang. and their union leadership, SEIU celebrates Juneteenth
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This is the full 6-27-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. SORRY FOR THE UNEXPECTED AND UNPLANNED MONTH HIATUS OF THE PODCAST!... Chicago Teachers Union opposes more than 440 layoffs of CPS employees at the end of the school year. Cook County hospital nurses on the picket lines during their one day strike. Chicago transit workers who ar…
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Show: Labor Express for 6-13-2021 - Union struggles at Urban Prep and EPIC charter schools, WWJ goes after Amazon shareholders
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This is the full 6-13-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio teachers at Urban Prep Charter school win their two-day strike while teachers at EPIC Charter school are fired and students are harassed by management for supporting them. Also, Illinois has no clean energy law this legislative session beca…
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Show: Labor Express for 5-23-2021 - May Day in Chicago and what next for Amazon organizing
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This is the full 5-23-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. This episode of Labor Express Radio includes audio from the 2021 May Day events in Chicago and addresses the question of what next for organizing at Amazon after the lost union election at the Bessemer Alabama Amazon warehouse, featuring audio from Labor Notes. Labor Express Rad…
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Show: Labor Express for 5-2-2021 Jorge Mujica of Arise Workers Center, Alianza Americas on migration
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This is the full 5-2-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. This episode features a wide-ranging interview with Jorge Mujica of Arise Chicago Workers Center. We discuss the end of the dreaded “No Match letters”, the Illinois Senate’s considering of the Secure Jobs Act (SB2332), Biden’s first 100 days and May Day 2021. Later in the program…
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Show: Labor Express for 4-18-2021 Analyzing the lost union election at Amazon in AL.
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This is the full 4-18-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode, we address the very unfortunate loss in the union election at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer Alabama. What are the lessons of this turn of events and what does it mean for the labor movement more broadly? The program includes the voices of the union, The Retai…
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Show: Labor Express for 3-28-2021, unions vs. Amazon, Chicago school parents want TLC, Dave Zirin interviews Sarah Jaffe
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This is the full 3-28-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, as we await the results of the union election at the Amazon.com warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, we’ll hear about global union efforts to confront this international logistics giant. Then we will hear from parents of students in the Chicago…
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Show: Labor Express for 3-16-2021, Campaign to pass the PRO Act
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This is the full 3-14-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, the PRO Act (the “Protecting the Right to Organize Act”) passes in the house and is headed to the Senate. We hear about what's in the PRO Act from Labor Radio/Podcast Network partner Labor Live at 5. In the second half Sara Nelson, Interna…
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Show: Labor Express for 2-28-2021, Special Program - Labor Express celebrates the work of the late Karen Lewis
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This is the full 2-28-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, we remember Karen Lewis, former President of the Chicago Teachers Union, with audio from the Labor Beat TV and the Labor Express Radio archives. Karen passed away Feb. 7th. She leaves a tremendous legacy of a union transformed from one tha…
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Show: Labor Express for 2-14-2021, Chicago teachers win improved COVID safety plan and the passing of CTU President Emerita Karen Lewis
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This is the full 2-14-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, we celebrate an agreement between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Chicago Public Schools on a plan for an at least safer return to schools than what CPS was originally demanding. It is a victory for the union who had fought hard to en…
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Show: Labor Express for 1-31-2021, Chicago teachers demand vaccinations before return to school buildings and the PRO Act could significantly improve labor law in the U.S.
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This is the full 1-31-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, the Chicago Teachers Union makes their demand crystal clear - no return to in-school classes without vaccinations. And they receive what they see as a statement of support from none other than President Biden himself, while CPS continues t…
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Show: Labor Express for 1-17-2021, Dennis Kosuth on Chicago nurses and teachers fighting back, plus The COVID Jungle Research Report, and workers response to the right-wing insurrection.
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This is the full 1-17-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, nurse Dennis Kosuth, who works in both hospitals and public schools, a member of both National Nurses United (NNU) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) discusses Chicago’s teachers and nurses fighting back against unsafe conditions in thei…
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Show: Labor Express for 12-27-2020, Monopoly, capitalist game with left wing origins and the AFL-CIO turns 65.
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This is the full 12-27-2020 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, it's our holiday episode. Did you buy the game Monopoly as a gift this year? Maybe you played it with friends or family? What does this game teach children and what was it really meant to teach? We explore those last two questions on this…
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Show: Labor Express for 12-13-2020, DSA launches renewed fight for M4All, CTU on new teachers militancy, UE’s booklet - “Them and Us Unionism
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This is the full 12-13-2020 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) host their own Medicare4All campaign relaunch, shortly after NNU’s kickoff. The relaunch event includes Chicago nurse Dennis Kosuth, NNU and CTU member. Then the CTU hosts a discussion of rising teach…
