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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

Labor Express Radio Jerry Mead - Lucero

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    • 5.0 • 4 Ratings

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

    Show: Labor Express for 3-17-2024 - Oscar Chacon of Alianza Americas on “migrant crisis”.

    Show: Labor Express for 3-17-2024 - Oscar Chacon of Alianza Americas on “migrant crisis”.

    This is the full 3-17-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.



    Oscar Chacon, Executive Director of Alianza Americas, discusses the so-called “migrant crisis”.



    Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only 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.org

    and our homepage on Archive.org at:

    http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

    Labor 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

    • 56 min
    Labor Express Radio 20th/30th Anniversary Special!

    Labor Express Radio 20th/30th Anniversary Special!

    This is the full 3-3-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.



    Our 20th / 30th Anniversary special! Labor Express Radio started in Fall 1993, so the program actually had its 30th birthday some months ago. February marked the 20th anniversary of current host producer Jerry Mead-Lucero at the helm. This 2 hour + special features a panel discussion with Scott Houldieson UAWD Steering Cmte Chair, and former VP UAW L551- Richard Berg organizer with Chicago Teachers Union (specifically charter school division) - Jorge Mujica of ARISE Chicago Workers Center - and includes the original host of Labor Express, Wayne Heimbach. Following that we hear from Labor Radio Podcast Network founder Chris Garlock. We include several brief audio clips from the Labor Express Radio archive from the past 20 years. Last but not least, thoughts on the migrant “crisis” from Oscar Chacon of Alianza Americas.



    Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only 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.org

    and our homepage on Archive.org at:

    http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

    Labor 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

    • 2 hr 14 min
    Show: Labor Express for 2-11-2024 - Instituto schools on strike and Sean O’Brien of the Teamsters flirts with Trump

    Show: Labor Express for 2-11-2024 - Instituto schools on strike and Sean O’Brien of the Teamsters flirts with Trump

    This is the full 2-11-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. 

    On this episode of Labor Express Radio, teachers strike at Instituto Schools - Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy (IHSCA) and Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy (IJLA), also known as the Rudy Lozano Leadership Academy!  And why is Teamster’s President Sean O’Brien meeting with Trump, publicly and privately? Reactions from other Teamsters leaders to this concerning development.

    Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only 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.org

    and our homepage on Archive.org at:

    http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

    Labor 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

    • 57 min
    Show: Labor Express for 1-21-2024 - SAG-AFTRA contract on AI and workers centers demand “DALE” renewal.

    Show: Labor Express for 1-21-2024 - SAG-AFTRA contract on AI and workers centers demand “DALE” renewal.

    This is the full 1-21-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.



    SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Contract Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and SAG-AFTRA General Counsel Jeffrey Bennett discuss AI protections in the new union contract. Plus, workers centers and immigrant rights groups in Chicago demand DHS renew deferred action for labor enforcement (“DALE”) workplace protections for immigrant workers.



    Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only 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.org

    and our homepage on Archive.org at:

    http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

    Labor 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

    • 1 hr
    Show: Labor Express for 12-31-2023 - Instituto schools teachers vote to strike. Economist Jack Rasmus discuses the year in labor 2023.

    Show: Labor Express for 12-31-2023 - Instituto schools teachers vote to strike. Economist Jack Rasmus discuses the year in labor 2023.

    This is the full 12-31-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. 

    Instituto schools (IJLA and IHSCA) teachers vote to strike as contract negotiations pass the 1.5 year mark.  Economist Dr. Jack Rasmus provides an analysis of the events in the labor U.S. labor movement of the past year.

    Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only 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.org

    and our homepage on Archive.org at:

    http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

    Labor 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

    • 55 min
    Show: Labor Express for 12-3-2023 - UAW, APWU, and UE call for Gaza ceasefire, Jasmin Cardenas on WorkersTEATRO

    Show: Labor Express for 12-3-2023 - UAW, APWU, and UE call for Gaza ceasefire, Jasmin Cardenas on WorkersTEATRO

    This is the full 12-3-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. 

    On this episode of Labor Express Radio, UAW, UE and Postal Workers call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Actor and SAG-AFTRA member Jasmin Cardenas discusses Workers TEATRO a Chicago worker's theater collective.

    Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only 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.org

    and our homepage on Archive.org at:

    http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

    Labor 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

    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

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4 Ratings

patio_tapioca ,

Chicago’s best labor podcast/radio show

Labor Express is one of the most reliable and comprehensive reviews of the state of Labor and workers’ issues in Chicago and around the country. For more than 20 years the host has brought a thoughtful perspective to Labor news.

The show covers workers’ struggles, strikes, lockouts, legislation that affects the Labor movement, and other topics that relate to everyone’s work experience. This includes interviews with many prominent Labor leaders and also everyday on-the-ground workers. Labor Express also covers important societal issues like migration, immigration, and social programs. I’m always happy to hear the latest episode to get insight into the experiences of workers in Chicago and around the country.

megabyterose ,

Thank you for the Amazonian Workers United episode.

Appreciated hearing about their organizing campaign, as I’m trying to learn more about pre-majority unionism to better understand how contractors and fully distributed tbh companies can still organize and build power, even without NLRB protections.

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