Labor Express Radio

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Apr 14, 2026 • 1h 11min

Show: Labor Express for 4-12-2026 - Plans for May Day 2026 in Chicago

This is the full 4-12-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Plans for May Day 2026 in Chicago.  This year’s May Day might not only be the largest since 2006, but maybe the most important since the first May Day in 1886.  Hear what is planned, who is organizing it and how you can get involved. 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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Apr 1, 2026 • 59min

Show: Labor Express for 3-29-2026 - Moving from symbolic protests to direct action and May Day 2026, general strike?

This is the full 3-29-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. How do we move from symbolic protests like No Kings to direct action? Lessons from the Palestinian solidarity struggle.  Also May Day 2026, plans for a general 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
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Mar 21, 2026 • 58min

Show: Labor Express for 3-15-2026 - Iranians discuss how Trump’s war on Iran is a war on the working class.

This is the full 3-15-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Shamal Ali, a leader within the Communist Party of Iran-Hekmatist, discusses how the U.S. and Israel’s imperialist war sets back the workers' movement in Iran and must be opposed by the working class world-wide. Professor Afshin Matin-Asgari, author of Axis of Empire: A History of Iran-US Relations, talks about the current situation in Iran leading up to and after the U.S. attack.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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Mar 4, 2026 • 53min

Show: Labor Express for 3-1-2026 - New Unite & Win Podcast interviews Jorge Mújica, and the idea of a general strike in the U.S.

This is the full 3-1-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The new Unite & Win Podcast interviews Jorge Mújica of ARISE Chicago about immigrant worker organizing. Folks on the Work Stoppage Podcast discuss possibilities for a general strike in the U.S.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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Feb 11, 2026 • 57min

Show: Labor Express for 2-8-2026 - Mike Balonek, George Windau, and Scott Houldieson discuss new documentary, The Best Union Money Could Buy, and the idea of a general strike.

This is the full 2-8-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Starbucks workers call on customers to delete the Starbucks app from their phones. I discuss the new documentary The Best Union Money Could Buy with filmmaker, Mike Balonek, and two UAW members, George Windau, long time UAW activist and participant in various reform movements in the UAW over the years including New Directions and Scott Houldieson member UAW Local 551, former VP that local, and founding leader in Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD). 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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Jan 28, 2026 • 1h 14min

Show: Labor Express for 1-25-2026 - Minneapolis “general strike” of Jan. 23rd 2026 and Jackson Potter on Trump Admin. Harassment of the CTU

This is the full 1-25-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. We discuss the Minneapolis “general strike” of Jan. 23rd 2026 and Jackson Potter of the Chicago Teachers Union talks about the Trump administration's harassment of the 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
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Jan 17, 2026 • 58min

Show: Labor Express for 1-11-2026 - Chicago reacts to the invasion of Venezuela and the murder of Renee Nicole Good

This is the full 1-11-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Chicago demands hands off Venezuela and justice for Renee Nicole Good. Plus, Chicagoans demand CPD stop cooperating with ICE!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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Jan 17, 2026 • 56min

Show: Labor Express for 12-28-2025 - Discussion of Gaza post-“Ceasefire” including labor historian Jeff Schuhrke

This is the full 12-28-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Two excerpts from recent episodes of the Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report radio program in memory of the Dec. 12th passing of that show's co-host and friend of Labor Express, Ken Nash.  The episodes examine the continued genocide in Gaza post-“Ceasefire” and labor historian Jeff Schuhrke discusses his new book No Neutrals There: US Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine.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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Dec 12, 2025 • 53min

Show: Labor Express for 12-7-2025 - The resurgence of American unions and how organized labor can defend worker power under Trump 2.0.

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
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Nov 26, 2025 • 56min

Show: Labor Express for 11-23-2025 - Starbucks workers on strike!

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

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