Labor Radio

WORT-FM Labor Radio
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Labor Radio is news by, for, and about working people in Madison, Wisconsin and around the world. It originates out of the studios of WORT 89.9 FM Madison.

  1. FEB 20

    NY nurses vote | Wage theft | TSA pay | Unions benefit all | Big UAW contract | Labor violations | Black representation

    Striking nurses at New York's Presbyterian Hospital are voting on a tentative agreement as we air, Worker Justice Wisconsin is working with community members to expand its fight against wage theft, TSA workers are again without pay in a government shutdown and Labor Radio talks to the head of the Madison area union local, a new report shows that states with high union density have more rewards for all workers, UAW auto workers ratify a historic contract in Tennessee, the Department of Labor slaps down Wisconsin scofflaw bosses cheating on tips, wages, and benefits, and Labor Radio looks at Black-led organizations within organized labor.

    28 min

  2. FEB 13

    Rogers Health union firings | Child labor case | Alabama prison strike | NY nurses settle | UCLA Labor Center | SF teacher deal | Gloria Richardson Dandridge

    Labor Radio interviews one of three workers fired at Rogers Behavioral Health in West Allis just days after the workers had demanded union recognition, a reporter talks on a massive string of child labor violations at Burger King, Alabama prison workers are striking against barbaric conditions, striking nurses in New York have reached an agreement and Labor Radio talks to nurse there for details, Labor Radio interviews a professor affiliated with the UCLA Labor Center, striking teachers in San Francisco have reached a temporary agreement with the school district, and Labor Radio remembers civil rights leader Gloria Richardson Dandridge.

    29 min

  3. FEB 6

    Worker hurt | Rogers Health workers want union | Worker co-op law | Texas election | Haitian status | UAW contract | Oscar Robertson

    A construction worker is hurt in Madison at the Wisconsin Historical Museum site, Labor Radio speaks to a Rogers Behavioral Health worker who is among those in West Allis organizing to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers, Wisconsin is considering a law that will benefit worker-owned cooperatives, a union member wins a key Texas state Senate election, a judge orders that workers from Haiti in the US can maintain Temporary Protected Status for now, UAW Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga negotiate their first collective bargaining agreement, and Labor Radio remembers NBA Hall of Famer and union leader Oscar Robertson.

    29 min

  4. JAN 30

    Madison nurses, Minnesota teachers on fed terror | AFT on ICE | Kaiser, New York nurses strikes | US Foods and Teamsters

    In the wake of of the street execution of VA nurse and AFGE member Alex Pretti by federal agents Madison nurses rally on the day of a national strike and the president of the state Minnesota teachers union talks to Labor Radio about how educators deal with the statewide invasion, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten addresses her union in a world of armed federal anti-immigrant gangs, 31,000 West Coast nurses in the Kaiser Permanente system go on strike, Teamsters Local 135 authorizes a strike against US Foods in Indiana, and New York nurses speak on their continuing strike.

    29 min

  5. JAN 23

    Minnesota: Wisconsin worker in Minneapolis, UFCW worker on general strike organizing, Madison support | NY nurses | TSA worker win | Greenland and unions

    Labor Radio speaks to a Wisconsin union member who is in Minnesota and who runs down the situation there, interviews a UFCW member grocery worker on the organizing and union solidarity that contributed to the Minnesota general strike against federal terror, and reports on solidarity actions in Madison. New York's largest nurses strike continues, a federal judge rules against the Trump administration for targeting union TSA workers for firing despite the end of the government shutdown, and the heavily unionized Nordic countries react to Trump's promise to conquer Greenland.

    29 min

  6. JAN 16

    Madison vs. ICE | Minneapolis general strike? | Protect Social Security | New York nurses strike | Official nazis

    A vigil led by a Wisconsin immigrants rights group and a student-led school walkout are among actions in Madison organized against ICE terror in Minneapolis and elsewhere, labor joins the general community in Minnesota is organizing for a general strike in resistance to ICE there, labor activists in Madison hold a rally to protect Social Security and government office staffing, the largest nurses strike in New York history is on, and Trump administration officials are openly using slogans reminiscent of Nazi Germany on government publications and websites.

    29 min

  7. JAN 9

    Labor on Minnesota murder, Venezuela invasion | Childcare cuts | H1B visas | Minimum wage | Teamsters vs. Amazon, AFT vs. Texas

    The president of National Nurses United speaks to Labor Radio in the wake of the state killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, child care centers are in crisis as Trump cuts childcare subsidies, the president of UE Local 1186 speaks to Labor Radio on his union's stance following the US invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president, Trump targeting of H1B visa holders will effect universities including UW-Madison, 19 states have raised their minimum wage rate as of January 1, the National Labor Relations Board backs the Teamsters by declining an injunction demand from Amazon, and the American Federation of Teachers is suing Texas for violating the free speech rights of teachers.

    28 min

  8. JAN 2

    2025 Labor Year in Review

    Labor Radio collective members Greg Geboski, Robin Gee, Joanne Powers, Jeannine Ramsey, Keith Steffen, and Carol Weidel are in the WORT studios to discuss labor stories and themes we covered in 2025.

    29 min
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Labor Radio is news by, for, and about working people in Madison, Wisconsin and around the world. It originates out of the studios of WORT 89.9 FM Madison.

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  • Creator
    WORT-FM Labor Radio
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    193
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Labor Radio
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