Labor Express Radio
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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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Oct 19, 2019 • 3min
Interview: Teacher David Kaplan Von Steuben On Strike
Labor Express Radio reporter Michelle Burke interviews Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center biology teacher David Kaplan about why he has joined 30,000 of his fellow coworkers on strike. David starts by discussing the state of contract negotiations as of Thursday Oct. 17th the start of the strike.
Oct 18, 2019 • 9min
Interview: Chris Hartwig and Marnita Hayes CTU and SEIU On Strike Chicago Schools
Belding Elementary School special ed teacher Chris Hartwig, member of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and special education teacher assistant Marnita Hayes, member of SEIU Local 73, explain why they are on strike with over 30,000 of their fellow workers at Chicago public schools. The interviewer is Labor Express Radio reporter Marnie Goodfriend.
Oct 7, 2019 • 58min
Show: Labor Express for 10-6-2019 (UAW strike at GM, and CTU - SEIU Strike vote))
This is the full 10-6-2019 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.
Interview with Scott Houldieson, Vice President of UAW Local 551 and long-time UAW reform activist about the ongoing UAW strike at GM.
And in the second half of the program, the Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU Local 73 vote to strike by huge margins of their membership.
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 information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org
and our homepage on Archive.org at:
http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio
Sep 24, 2019 • 1h 1min
Show: STRIKE! Nurses strike in Chicago
This is the full 9-22-2019 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.
STRIKE! Nurses strike in Chicago, auto workers strike across the country and students strike for climate justice around the globe, as Chicago teachers get closer to a possible strike of their own.
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 information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org
and our homepage on Archive.org at:
http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio
