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Labor Radio
Labor Radio
WORT-FM Labor Radio

Labor Radio is news by, for, and about working people in Madison, Wisconsin and around the world. It originates out of the... more

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Madison teachers on school shootings | Holiday strikes at Amazon, Starbucks | U of Wisconsin job changes | Minimum wage to rise | Elves on strike

In the wake of a shooting at Madison's Abundant Life Christian School, Labor Radio speaks to the Madison public... more

20 Dec 2024 · 29 minutes
Immigrant rights | State workers and work-at-home | NLRB chair out | Canadian mail strike | Railroad negotiations | Hello Fresh and child labor | Holiday in Lights

An attorney addresses the immigrants rights group Voces de la Frontera ahead of the second Trump administration, the Wisconsin legislature... more

13 Dec 2024 · 29 minutes
Lawyer, TAA steward on judge's Act 10 order | Trump Labor pick | Labor on Palestine, UW protest arrests | PLEDGE EDITION

This week Dane County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Frost has ordered sweeping changes to Act 10, the Wisconsin law severely... more

06 Dec 2024 · 29 minutes
State budget | Lakefront Brewery, Whole Foods organize | View from Greece | Labor pushback on Dems? | Overtime rule overturned | Daycare costs

AFSCME Local 1 has a workshop on the Wisconsin state budget, Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee is organizing a union, a... more

22 Nov 2024 · 28 minutes
Child labor bust | NALC contract | UCal and UAW | UW Bioscience | Captive no more | State budget and you | Dupont leak anniversary

An Iron River, Wisconsin, pizza parlor is busted by the Department of Labor for multiple child work violations, a member... more

15 Nov 2024 · 28 minutes
Election recap | Lambeau, Boeing contracts | Los Volcanoes | Prison labor | Solidarity history

Kevin Gundlach of the South Central Federation of Labor looks at the November 5 election results, Lambeau Field workers... more

08 Nov 2024 · 27 minutes
After Act 10 | SEIU, AFGE on the election | Pensions and fossil fuels | Letter carriers contract beef | Philly transit workers to walk | Hawai'i nurses win staffing ratios

A panel at the University of Wisconsin gives the good and bad news on organized labor in Wisconsin since Act... more

01 Nov 2024 · 29 minutes
Letter carriers rally | AFGE on Project 2025 | Electricians, educators on political endorsements | UW Palestine crackdown | SEIU 1199 arms embargo call | Wages on ballot in MA | Boeing strike | Chicken Palace clucks

Letter carriers rally in Madison and call for legislative help against recent assaults, the policy director of the American Federation... more

25 Oct 2024 · 29 minutes
WIARA power lunch | Boeing union interview | Firefighters skip prez pick | NLRB overload | Jobs numbers | Blue Collar Empire | Family sues over worker death | Remembering Lily Ledbetter

The annual Wisconsin Association of Retired Americans Power Lunch focuses on social Security and social programs, Machinists union negotiator Jon... more

18 Oct 2024 · 29 minutes
Molson Coors contract * Los Volcanoes * Worker storm deaths * Striker killed * Boeing latest * Endorsement process * Forced labor * KC tenant strike * Dorothea Lange

After a weeklong strike, Molson Coors repair workers with Machinists Lodge 66 in Milwaukee ratify a new contract. The immigrant-founded... more

11 Oct 2024 · 28 minutes
Labor Radio
Madison teachers on school shootings | Holiday strikes at Amazon, Starbucks | U of Wisconsin job changes | Minimum wage to rise | Elves on strike
Labor Radio