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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 Lumpenradio, WLPN, 105.5 FM. The program is streamed live at http://lumpenradio.com/. Archived programs
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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, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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 working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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 at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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 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 information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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 struggles of working people, talks about his life and music.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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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 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 information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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 working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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-run union.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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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 mayoral primary.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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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 mayoral primary.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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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 people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
This is the full 5-19-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, how do we build on the coalitions built for May Day 2025 to create a working-class resistance to Trump’s authoritarianism? And Social Security workers discuss Trump’s attacks on the Social Security Administration.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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
This is the full 4-27-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, plans for May Day 2025 in Chicago and Labor Notes now has their own podcast! Recent episodes cover tariffs, Trump’s attacks on immigrant workers and how organized labor is fighting back.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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
This is the full 4-13-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, CTU members vote on a historic tentative agreement between the teachers’ union and Chicago Public Schools. CTU VP Jackson Potter discusses what was won in this TA. Omar Lopez of Consejo de Defensa de Inmigrante discusses plans for May Day 2025 in Chicago.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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
Jackson Potter, Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union, discusses the tentative agreement between the union and Chicago Public Schools management. The outcome of the TA depends on the vote of the full membership this Thursday and Friday (April 10th and 11th). Potter argues that if ratified, this will be by far the best contract ever negotiated by the CTU. He discusses highlights of the TA, what it took to get here as well as the next steps for the union once a contract is signed.
This is the full 3-30-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, though the Chicago Teachers Union’s contract fight may be coming to a close, Chicago firefighters have been without a contract for four years! CTU and Chicago Firefighters Local 2 hold a joint rally. Also, federal workers' unions launch the “Let Us Work” campaign and savepublicservices.com 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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
This is the full 3-9-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, the Chicago Teachers Union delivers community petitions to CPS and calls on the board to address five outstanding issues in contract negotiations. Also, the 2025 Labor Oscars!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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
This is the full 2-23-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, teacher’s unions prepare for a national day of action to defend public education on March 4th. Also Natascha Uhlmann from LaborNotes on protecting immigrant workers and Lori Wallach of Rethink Trade on tariffs.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, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong
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