
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,... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 154 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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This is the full 12-7-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.
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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 an... more
This is the full 11-9-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.
CTU and SEIU call out Chicago corporations profiting of ICE terrorizing immigrant working-class communities. PERRO blocks dangerous demolitions of industrial sites in the Pilsen... more
This is the full 10-19-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.
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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 Exp... more
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