Labor Radio
Labor Radio
Labor Radio
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.
South Africa, trade unions, and Palestine | UAW in 1937 and today | Child labor | SCOTUS and SBUX | Rank and file power
Today, we commemorate the Flint sitdown strike of 1937 and look at UAW organiizing today, talk to a South African trade unionist about that country's legal and social actions in support of Palestine, look at the US Supreme Court and its taking up of a Starbucks labor case, hear from a longtime union activist on the state of unions today, see how child labor is growing in the 21st century, and more.
Jan 19, 2024
27 min
MLK and labor | Meriter staff negotiations | University system cuts | Google union win | Battery factory closure | UAW in Alabama
We look at the labor legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., learn about budget cuts affecting the UW system, get an update on bargaining at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital, hear what is happening in Alabama as the UAW organizes, look at the battery plant closure in Portage, get a look at a tech union legal win, and more.
Jan 12, 2024
27 min
MLK Day preparation | Starbucks organizing at Marquette | Fair maps after the WI court ruling | Milwaukee letter carriers take action | SCFL education and youth outreach |  Upcoming contracts | 2023 in labor
On this show ww'll look at Madison labor's preparation for the Martin Luther King Community dinner, hear about organzing at a Marquette University Starbucks, learn about the efforts of letter carriers to protect themselves in Milwaukee, check out the status of fair district maps after last month's favorable state Supreme Court ruling, hear about lcoal plans for education and youth outreach, get a rundown of upcoming union contracts, look at some of last year's high points, and more.
Jan 5, 2024
28 min
2023 labor news discussion | Ellen LaLuzurne
In our end-of-the year show, Labor News reporters discuss this year in labor news and give a shoutout to workers who help us report it. We also remember Labor Radio co-founder Ellen LaLuzurne.
Dec 29, 2023
28 min
North Pole organizing report | Labor year in review | Unions call for ceasefire | Wisconsin retirees | Government rulings against bosses
In this show, we have an get an exclusive report from the North Pole. Also we take a look at the year for workers in Wisconsin and across the nation, report on calls from labor for a ceasefire in Gaza, look at Wisconsin retirees, report on some government rulings affecting workers and consumers, and more.
Dec 22, 2023
29 min
MG&E, TruStage contracts ratified | UW workers caught in GOP culture wars | Fantasy in Lights | No holiday for postal workers || Wisconsin labor actions for Palestine |  UAW reaching beyond Big 3  | Cambria explosion settlement
In this show, we get late-breaking details of the newly-ratified OPEIU Local 39 contracts with MG&E andTruStage, hear union leadership’s reaction to the state legislature’s underhanded move to force culture war changes at UW, check in with postal workers during this stressful holiday season, tell more about the UAW’s organizing strategy, look at labor solidarity with Palestine in Wisconsin, offer our annual Fantasy in Lights feature, and more.
Dec 15, 2023
29 min
OPEIU 39 tentative deals at both TruStage, MG&E | Labor marches for Palestine | Union at Lambeau | Long hand of Act 10 | UAW in Tennessee |
We get an update on not one but two labor tenative agreements by OPEIU Local 39, check out tmorrow's march for Palestine in Madison and delve into the labor reaction, look at a new union at Lambeau Field, learn about UAW’s ongoing organizing efforts in non-union auto plants, hear from a union leader about what Act 10 has done--and the lawsuit that labor hopes will undo it, and more.
Dec 8, 2023
28 min
Act 10 lawsuit | Amazon union leader fired | Postal service hours | Hospital staff bargaining starts | UAW targets non-union auto |  BIRTHDAY BASH PLEDGE EDITION
We learn about a lawsuit by unions against Act 10, talk to a union worker at Amazon in New York, look at the postal worker contract and the holiday season, announce the start of bargaining at Meriter, explore the new organizaing campaign by UAW, and more.THIS IS A BIRTHDAY BASH PLEDGE EDITION.
Dec 1, 2023
28 min
Special on the UAW and the Big 3 strike: Interviews with Dawnya Ferdinandsen and Jane Slaughter
This week, we have extended interviews with UAW Local 12 auto worker Dawnya Ferdinandsen and labor journalist and activist Jane Slaughter. They discuss the 'stand-up' strike against the Big 3 autmakers and the contract agreement that resulted from it.
Nov 24, 2023
27 min
Starbucks Red Cup Day strike | Job cuts at UW-Parkside | School voucher lawsuit | Protest against Gaza death contractor | Madison's budget and workers | Feds rule on Wisconsin worker death
We report on the Madison response to the nationwide Starbucks strike, a lawsuit over school vouchers, jobs getting slashed at a University of Wisconsin system school, the Madison city budget and what it means for city workers, a local labor response to the attack on Gaza and a company that arms it, a Department of Labor finding in a worker death in Prairie du Chien, and more.
Nov 17, 2023
28 min
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