Labor Radio

By WORT-FM Labor Radio

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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.

Episode Date
NUHW legal wins | AFGE defends LGBTQ+, DEI | Texas Tech profs fight back | Labor Notes, AFL-CIO conventions
Jul 10, 2026
Minnesota 15 | ABC For Health | Labor history: Reconstruction, AFSCME, Kohler strike, NALC
Jul 03, 2026
GHC board | Meriter contract | School cafe workers | Cleric released | Trades careers program | Juneteenth | ITUC downgrades US
Jun 26, 2026
MTI salaries | GHC Board | Minn fed indictments | UAW boots Israel | Juneteenth | Happy Bday WI Civil Service | UAW Dauch strike ends | Fed civil service hits
Jun 19, 2026
Union Yes at St. Mary's | Wis Dems | Dauch strike | First contract law | Daycare crisis | Take Kids Fishing
Jun 12, 2026
St. Mary's union vote set | Guv forum | Cargill closing | 2304 president | Food drive | WORT PLEDGE EDITION
Jun 05, 2026
Jiffy Lube union | St. Mary's nurses | MOSA | Labor Forward | AFGE win | AI and the Pope | Food drive
May 29, 2026
MMSD dues | Madison Hilton, Fox News 6 first contract struggles | Happy 125th IBEW 159 | Bean Feed | LIRR back to work | U Chicago Press union
May 22, 2026
Meriter rally | Wisco school funding killed | UK Google union | AI, bosses, and workers | Minnesota worker law | Texas State prof win
May 15, 2026
St. Mary's announces, Cap Times gets union | WEAC 4 Roys | UW workers May Day rally | April job numbers | Rogers firings | Landmark union | Meriter rally announced
May 08, 2026
May Day in Madison | Teachers union on May 1 | SCFL and May Day Strong | MTI salary rally | Workers Memorial Day | Long Island Railroad
May 01, 2026
Union win at Rogers | Salary compression | Baldwin factory closes | May Day call | AFSCME endorsement | Ohio union plant shuts | Labor Secy out
Apr 24, 2026
NLRB orders Rogers union vote | Higher Ed Day of Action | B&G Teamsters contract | Unemployment | Minnesota lessons | Farm labor | Union Now
Apr 17, 2026
Minnesota panel to Madison | Election results | NLRB orders Amazon | Ben Gruber | Workers Assembly
Apr 10, 2026
Teamsters OK Stoughton strike | Coffee shop labor complaint | Election basics, labor endorsements | Workers Assembly | School bus strike dodged | No Kings
Apr 03, 2026
Meriter contract rally | TSA local prez speaks | ICE Out UW meets | TAA today | Quick New York U strike agreement | Equal Pay Day | Dolores Huerta
Mar 27, 2026
SEIU Meriter contract up | Starbucks negotiations | Judge rules with AFGE | No pay for TSA | Colorado meatpackers strike on | UW faculty union co-prez on WI IHRA definition law
Mar 20, 2026
Immigrant exploitation | Mitch Johnson | Discourse Coffee | MTI Cares | Meatpacking strike call | Pledge extension
Mar 13, 2026
Act 15 | Walmart wage theft | Big Annie | Dred Scott | 1890s Oshkosh strike | PLEDGE WEEK
Mar 06, 2026
Public school lawsuit | UPS buyout | NY nurses sign | WWII internment | Trump vs. Black history | PLEDGE WEEK
Feb 27, 2026
NY nurses vote | Wage theft | TSA pay | Unions benefit all | Big UAW contract | Labor violations | Black representation
Feb 20, 2026
Rogers Health union firings | Child labor case | Alabama prison strike | NY nurses settle | UCLA Labor Center | SF teacher deal | Gloria Richardson Dandridge
Feb 13, 2026
Worker hurt | Rogers Health workers want union | Worker co-op law | Texas election | Haitian status | UAW contract | Oscar Robertson
Feb 06, 2026
Madison nurses, Minnesota teachers on fed terror | AFT on ICE | Kaiser, New York nurses strikes | US Foods and Teamsters
Jan 30, 2026
Minnesota: Wisconsin worker in Minneapolis, UFCW worker on general strike organizing, Madison support | NY nurses | TSA worker win | Greenland and unions
Jan 23, 2026
Madison vs. ICE | Minneapolis general strike? | Protect Social Security | New York nurses strike | Official nazis
Jan 16, 2026
Labor on Minnesota murder, Venezuela invasion | Childcare cuts | H1B visas | Minimum wage | Teamsters vs. Amazon, AFT vs. Texas
Jan 09, 2026
2025 Labor Year in Review
Jan 02, 2026
Starbucks strike | Jobs report | TSA contract | UPS wage theft | Casino hands join Teamsters | Merry SCFL Christmas
Dec 19, 2025
JCOER jokers | Dairy strike? | Starbucks strike grows in Madison, legal win in New York | Ed vouchers | Holiday in Lights
Dec 12, 2025
Starbucks strike reaches Madison | Union and WORT board | Striking baristas film | PLEDGE WEEK
Dec 05, 2025
Holiday music show
Nov 28, 2025
Data center | Milwaukee Forge | Amazon to gut jobs, faces Teamsters in Kentucky | Anti-labor law, pro-fed labor bills in Congress | Wage workshops in Madison
Nov 21, 2025
WORT layoffs | Fed shutdown and unions | Striking Pitt journos legal win | Boeing deal approved | Red Cup Rebellion | KFC labor ruling
Nov 14, 2025
Fain speaks | RoJo no! | Starbucks strike on? | Settlement at Mercy Health | UE for Palestine | No US jobs report | Teen Vogue cuts
Nov 07, 2025
Madison hotel picket | United Way and shutdown | Boeing workers reject agreement | Healthcare costs | Alberta teachers strike | Agreement on Broadway | Gaza protest at AFL-CIO
Oct 31, 2025
Boeing settlement offer | No Kings | Madison federal workers | General strike? | Chicago teachers fight back | EEOC sued | Immigrant worker loss
Oct 24, 2025
GHC meeting | Union reaction to Trump RIF | Lower H2A visa base wage | Wisconsin green jobs | Elder care and immigrants | Texas prof fired | No Kings
Oct 17, 2025
Mercy Health East strike rally | Boeing strike boss stall | Federal workers | Anodyne Coffee votes union | PLEDGE WEEK
Oct 10, 2025
Starbucks union busting | Labor for Gazans | 1A union victory, judge warning | H2B visas | PLEDGE WEEK
Oct 03, 2025
UAW 95 rally | UAW policy | Boeing strike | New Mexico childcare | Workers support Gaza flotilla | Rally for Texas prof | Shays' Rebellion
Sep 26, 2025
UW Regents vs unions | Pathfinders vote | U Minnesota win | Labor Forward | Dane workers health insurance | Job stats | AFGE ruling
Sep 19, 2025
Boeing deal out | Teamsters strike at UMinn | Shadow docket | Target a target | Hyundai raid | Weather Service | Debs in jail
Sep 12, 2025
Madison rallies for UAW 95, Social Security | LaborFest | No oligarchs | Dock workers and Gaza flotilla | Abbotsford and ICE
Sep 05, 2025
SMART union vote win | Union bus tour | Dairy workers support | AFL-CIO prez speech | Milwaukee worker speaks | Abrego Garcia rejailed | DACA activist grabbed
Aug 29, 2025
Dairy strike | Hotel union vote win | UAW 95 keeps fighting | Chicago Teamsters, Air Canada flight attendants strikes | NLRB ruling
Aug 22, 2025
Festival Foods in Madison, Pathfinders in Milwaukee unionize | Some states filling labor law gap | Press unions condemn Israeli assassinations | Howton obit | UAW 95 bash
Aug 15, 2025
Raven, Sysco Minnesota contracts | UAW 95 strike update | Bus maintenance | VA union purge | Voting Rights Act | Labor Stats firing | Boeing strike | No NLRB quorum | Madison fundraiser for UAW 95
Aug 08, 2025
Chris Smalls freed | Amazon ruling | Unions unglued on Trump | Wisconsin vs. gig workers | Stage union prez | Social Security march in August | Hilo Massacre
Aug 01, 2025
UAW 95 strike continues | Higher ed attacked | Gaza and labor | Fed worker safety cut | AZ theater unionizes | Airgas strike | Gaza doctor in Madison | Community Services hire
Jul 25, 2025
UAW 95 on strike | Medicaid cuts | Good trouble | Dept of Ed cuts OKed | Philly settlements | ICE grabs prof
Jul 18, 2025
Philly strike | Tips and taxes | Law and labor | Prime serfs | NEA and ADL | Argentina and unions
Jul 11, 2025
UAW 291 contract | UW staff funding | Philly strike | UAW strike in Janesville | Fed court chaos | Douglass's July Fourth
Jul 04, 2025
UW nurses lose Act 10 ruling | GHC board elections, physician interview | War protest | Retired Wisconsin workers speak | WPR cuts | Parks narcs | Fain pain
Jun 27, 2025
No Kings | GHC rally, board endorsements | Labor leaders leave DNC | Juneteenth | Job Corps suit | Women's Bureau
Jun 20, 2025
GHC workers rally | Strikes and solidarity | ICE snatches SEIU Cal prez | Takes Kids Fishing | No Kings | Google unmasked
Jun 13, 2025
SEIU Wisconsin: Meriter, Gundersen get contracts | UAW still striking at Cummins | Annodyne Coffee vote | PLEDGE WEEK
Jun 06, 2025
Meriter SEIU nurses strike | Cummins UAW strike update | TSA union | Unions vs. fed cuts | Kaiser Permante strike settled | SEIU member freed from ICE | Mexican GM workers
May 30, 2025
Bean Feed | Fed budget and workers | Meriter nurse strike is on | Cummins strike continues | Mayville tornado | Trump loses foreign service ruling | USPS food drive results
May 23, 2025
Organizing at GHC, strike date set at Meriter, ULP strike at Starbucks | Rally for Judge Dugan | Civil service rally | Job portal | Bean Feed announcement
May 16, 2025
Americorps and Trump | Public broadcasting | Labor Department | New Social Security head | Ozturk ordered released | New postmaster | Walter Reuther | Job offer
May 09, 2025
May Day | Marquette U organizes | Workers Memorial Day | Wisco UI changes | Walt Whiteman sings | Job opening | Food drive | May Day history
May 02, 2025
Protests at fed arrest of Milwaukee judge | Minny food co-op workers, their union in freedom of expression fight | Teacher support for student-led May Day march in Madison | Fired fed workers fight back | Fed judge slaps Trump on unions, 'national
Apr 25, 2025
Rally for higher ed | Strike in Oshkosh | Child care rally | IRS resignations | Data breach | Bread & Roses
Apr 18, 2025
Meriter nurses rally | Voices of Hands Off | Wage theft | Fain on tariffs | UW faculty on protests | GHC union vote update
Apr 11, 2025
Hands Off | Post-election | Tariffs and workers | Disappeared unionists | Religious exemption? | Free speech is history
Apr 04, 2025
Trump's anti-union latest and local pushback: AFGE 1732 president speaks, rallies at the Labor Temple and post office | Labor endorsements | UAW 291 on strike | Fain vs. NFTA | FL child labor | NALC win
Mar 28, 2025
WEAC on April 1 election | Postal, TSA workers vs. Trump-Musk | UAW strike in Oshkosh | FAA Day of Action | US Ed Dept purge | Lucy Parsons
Mar 21, 2025
Trump-Musk attack: Federal unions organize as post office, TSA, others under siege | Print shop revolt | Palestine rally | Bernie Sanders tour | Meet and confer
Mar 14, 2025
Abortion rally | State budget | Federal $ emergency bill | SEIU and Columbus Health | PLEDGE WEEK
Mar 07, 2025
Fed firings TRO | Medicaid, school funding rallies in Madison | Head Start woes | Oregon nurse, longshore contracts | PLEDGE WEEK
Feb 28, 2025
Madison bus action | SEIU nurses rally | Head Start crisis | Fed worker purge | NTEU pushback | Corporate fightback | Carolina Amazon union vote | Costco update |
Feb 21, 2025
Madison bus action | SEIU nurses rally | Head Start crisis | Fed worker purge | NTEU pushback | Carolina Amazon union vote | Costco update |
Feb 21, 2025
UW Health union hearing | Public Instruction race | Carolina Amazon union | Oregon nurses stay on strike, Colorado Kroger workers start one | Coleman Young | Madison area events
Feb 14, 2025
Rally in Madison | NLRB gutted | Federal workers in fear | Letter carriers reject agreement, Oregon nurses voting on one | Teamsters-Costco contract | Chris Smalls | 1913 massacre | Early voting
Feb 07, 2025
Training vs. ICE | Labor Temple for sale | Undocumented and the economy | Findorff ESOP | NLRB purge | Pocan Town Hall | Philly Whole Foods joins UFCW | Amazon ditches Quebec | Starbucks mediation
Jan 31, 2025
Evers speech | Trump vs. civil service, birth citizenship | Peoples March | Iowa rollback | Act 10 stayed | Stellantis stays
Jan 24, 2025
MLK labor history and Madison events | Oregon nurses strike, Philly Whole Foods workers rally | SEIU rejoins AFL-CIO | SCFL prez on April election
Jan 17, 2025
SEIU organizing Group Health | SCFL prez on South Africa | Amazon organizing then and now | Dock workers | Dem Party bigs and labor
Jan 10, 2025
Studio discussion: Labor Radio 2024 in review
Jan 03, 2025
UW consultants make bank | Starbucks strike in Madison, nationwide
Dec 27, 2024
Madison teachers on school shootings | Holiday strikes at Amazon, Starbucks | U of Wisconsin job changes | Minimum wage to rise | Elves on strike
Dec 20, 2024
Immigrant rights | State workers and work-at-home | NLRB chair out | Canadian mail strike | Railroad negotiations | Hello Fresh and child labor | Holiday in Lights
Dec 13, 2024
Lawyer, TAA steward on judge's Act 10 order | Trump Labor pick | Labor on Palestine, UW protest arrests | PLEDGE EDITION
Dec 06, 2024
State budget | Lakefront Brewery, Whole Foods organize | View from Greece | Labor pushback on Dems? | Overtime rule overturned | Daycare costs
Nov 22, 2024
Child labor bust | NALC contract | UCal and UAW | UW Bioscience | Captive no more | State budget and you | Dupont leak anniversary
Nov 15, 2024
Election recap | Lambeau, Boeing contracts | Los Volcanoes | Prison labor | Solidarity history
Nov 08, 2024
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
Nov 01, 2024
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
Oct 25, 2024
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
Oct 18, 2024
Molson Coors contract * Los Volcanoes * Striker killed * Boeing latest * Endorsement process * Forced labor * KC tenant strike * Dorothea Lange
Oct 11, 2024
Toad Hill Montessori votes in OPEIU | Wage theft fightback | Molson Coors strike | UAW and Stellantis | WIARA power lunch | Madison funding referendum
Oct 04, 2024
Longshore, Boeing, auto workers fighting back | Hummus protest over Palestine | Wage gap | Organizer of the Year | Voting amendment | SCFL actions now
Sep 27, 2024
Montessori school organizes | UAW, Stellantis battle | Misclassification fightback | Wisconsin Teamsters go Harris | AFT Wisconsin hiring | Voting on voting
Sep 20, 2024
Debate party | More amendments on ballot | Boeing strike | United strike authorization | PLEDGE WEEK
Sep 13, 2024
LaborFest 2024 | Meet a steamfitter | Labor and Palestine | Workers speak | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
Sep 06, 2024
Labor Day events and history | Socialism 2024 outlook | Stellantis reneges on UAW | United Airlines strike authorization | Project 2025 and workers | Chipotle, Starbucks in unionbusting charges
Aug 30, 2024
Unions visit UW Regents | U of Illinois nurses strike | UAW monitor butts in on Gaza | Cornell U strike | Labor at the Dem convention
Aug 23, 2024
Expiris job cuts | Harley job moves | Madison worker for budget raise | Election analysis | AFT sues a student loan company
Aug 16, 2024
SCFL endorsements | Nurses and family leave | Rally for Democracy | Health care apprenticeships | NEA staff union fight
Aug 09, 2024
Poor Peoples Campaign in Madison | Unions on Palestine | UFT, ALU elections | Disney contract | Game company organizing | Heat rule | Civil rights 1964
Aug 02, 2024
Worker protection at GOP bash | SCFL organizer talks | Ballot and education | Unions say: No Israel arms $ | A farmer-labor podcast | EPI on unionization, 'flexibility' | SpaceX vs. NLRB
Jul 26, 2024
Madison budget hits workers | UA flight attendants consider strike | Teamsters prez, Vance pump Trump in Milwaukee | Umpire walkout 25 years on | Labor on Wisconsin ballot amendments
Jul 19, 2024
OSHA heat standards | Dropboxes are back | Workers party? | Scary GOP stuff | France goes left | Remembering Jane McAlevey
Jul 12, 2024
Biden in Madison | Judge hits Act 10 | Visa reform | SCOTUS and workers | Slave trade charge for Milwaukee Tool | Amazon strike near Chicago | Tributes to Frank Emspak
Jul 05, 2024
Tributes to Frank Emspak | IBEW-Rock Energy gas workers contract | Child labor | August vote | Kaul ruling
Jun 30, 2024
Remembering Frank Emspak (1943-2024) | Frank on labor and the media | Wisconsin civil service | Amazon-Teamsters | Virginia schools | New union nurses | Poor Peoples Campaign
Jun 21, 2024
Family values? | Juneteenth | Fair maps voting | EWOCs | Unemployment numbers | SCOTUS Starbux ruling } Waffle House
Jun 14, 2024
Storm repairs | Amendments on ballot | Kids fishing | Amazon union to join Teamsters | Food drive numbers | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
Jun 07, 2024
City budget | End lunch debt? | Act 10 in court | Kids fishing | Teamster merger | UW protests and SCFL response | Nurse fired over Palestine
May 31, 2024
Bean Feed | Meriter contract | Immigrant work permits | School budget | U of California strike | Constitutional amendments
May 24, 2024
Meriter agreement | No Mercedes union | Faith-Labor | NALC drive results | UCal union strike vote | Kids learn union | August vote | Argentina general strike
May 17, 2024
Picket at Meriter | NALC food drive | UW faculty union and Palestine | State workers | Faith-Labor Breakfast | Nurses' Week | UAW and Mercedes
May 10, 2024
May Day | UW Palestine protest | Meriter picket | State workers meet | Another UAW win | Weeks for nurses, teachers
May 03, 2024
UAW wins at Volkswagen | Labor Notes | Workers Memorial Day | Google firings | COSATU on Palestine | UAW 180 on Case layoffs | May Day marches
Apr 26, 2024
Teachers rally | Social Security secure? | Apple vs. unions, Palestine | Constitutional amendments | Metcalfes bought out | UW campus threatened | Local announcements
Apr 19, 2024
Teachers to rally | Child labor vetoed | Biden in Madison: Policies, protest | UAW at Harvard | IUOE vs. rat contractors | Workers Fair at UW | Pharmacy workers organize
Apr 12, 2024
PLAs and utilities | UW nurses union move | Election results | Family leave and UW | Bama auto plant files | Worker justice | Events this week
Apr 05, 2024
Election Day and labor | Willy Street contract | State workers unions still here | Child labor finding | Biden campaign visit | WI Supremes on employee status | AI and workers
Mar 29, 2024
Elections, cards in big week at Starbucks stores | ILO on forced labor worldwide | April 2 referenda | Meriter update | UAW in Tennessee | Pay gap | Georgia vs. unions | ERA on March 22, 1972
Mar 22, 2024
Starbucks worker talks organizing, Monday's elections | Madison school referendum? | Dollar General workers walk | Meriter update | SCFL conference | More unions for Gaza ceasefire | Minny mobilizes | Immigration report
Mar 15, 2024
Sourdough contract | City job cuts? | VP Harris to Madison to talk jobs, hears about Palestine | Women in Construction | Poor People's march | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
Mar 08, 2024
Meriter negotiations | Starbucks talks to start | MTI and new supe | Child labor on the rise | Poor People's rally | Teamsters and Anheuser-Busch | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
Mar 01, 2024
Two Starbucks campaigns | IUOE pickets | Webcrafters leaving | New maps | Poor Peoples Campaign | Tenants fight | Frederick Douglass
Feb 23, 2024
Fire Bob! | Labor going forward in MN+MI, backward in WI law | Purple 4 Palestine | Big house for Cambria mill bosses | DALE protections | Velma Hopkins
Feb 16, 2024
Starbucks Milwaukee election win, Ocean Spray loss | Meriter talks begin | Planned Parenthood staff organizing | UW system cuts | Hattie Canty
Feb 09, 2024
Ocean Spray and IBEW | OSHA slaps Schoeps | More on UW cuts | Wisconsin Farmers Union | Right to starve
Feb 02, 2024
UW system cuts | Palestine, Madison, and SCFL | Unions after Act 10 | Cal State U, CostCo, Microsoft, credit union workers | Famers Union | District maps latest
Jan 26, 2024
South Africa, trade unions, and Palestine | UAW in 1937 and today | Child labor | SCOTUS and SBUX | Rank and file power
Jan 19, 2024
MLK and labor | Meriter staff negotiations | University system cuts | Google union win | UAW in Alabama
Jan 12, 2024
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
Jan 05, 2024
2023 labor news discussion | Ellen LaLuzurne
Dec 29, 2023
North Pole organizing report | Labor year in review | Unions call for ceasefire | Wisconsin retirees | Government rulings against bosses
Dec 22, 2023
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
Dec 15, 2023
OPEIU 39 tentative deals at both TruStage, MG&E | Labor marches for Palestine | Union at Lambeau | Long hand of Act 10 | UAW in Tennessee |
Dec 08, 2023
Act 10 lawsuit | Amazon union leader fired | Postal service hours | Hospital staff bargaining starts | UAW targets non-union auto | BIRTHDAY BASH PLEDGE EDITION
Dec 01, 2023
Special on the UAW and the Big 3 strike: Interviews with Dawnya Ferdinandsen and Jane Slaughter
Nov 24, 2023
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
Nov 17, 2023
Madison labor rally | Nurses charge UW understaffing | EA, paraprofessional wages in Monona schools | SAG-AFTRA agreement | IBEW 2150 strike authorization | Labor resolutions on Palestine | Union Red Cup Day | Wisconsin Watch unionizes
Nov 10, 2023
November 4 labor march in Madison | UAW gains big for all | Labor and Palestine | Oakwood Village worker speaks | WIsconsin voting maps | Midwest workers lag | Wisconsin teaching assistants
Nov 03, 2023
SEIU Wisconsin inks Oakwood contract, rallies for fair maps, gets ready for Meriter talks | UAW-Ford agreement | Organizing at Expiris Gaming | OSHA goes heavy on some bosses | and more
Oct 27, 2023
OPEIU 39-MG&E struggle continues | Attacks on state higher ed | Palestine and labor | Fain and UAW latest | Worker Justice has a union | Madison talks equity talk, doesn't walk walk | and more
Oct 20, 2023
UAW, Kaiser strikes | State workers rally | NLRB, EEOC rulings against bosses | Teachers need more pay | District map battle
Oct 13, 2023
UAW picketers speak | UAW Fain's latest | Kaiser Permanente strike | Worker health action at Madison Starbucks | Wisconsin state workers mobilize | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
Oct 06, 2023
UAW: Fain latest strike expansion, rally in Milwaukee, Frank's analysis | OPEIU-TruStage update | Hollywood writers settle | Demo up for UW-Oshkosh | PLEDGE WEEK
Sep 29, 2023
UAW strike Week Two | Noble Knight, Madison Sourdough talks | Krogers-Albertsons merger and labor | State worker compensation plan | Fair Labor Standards | Labor-pizza anniversary
Sep 22, 2023
UAW strike Day 1 | Crushin' It workers speak | OPEIU-MG&E impasse | State starves regional unis | Poverty report | Impeach threat | Medicaid Army
Sep 15, 2023
Lightning Starbucks walkout | Monona teachers turn a vote | Agreement at Noble Knight | OPEIU 39 and TruStage, UFCW and Madison Sourdough, UFAS and UW | Will UAW strike? | NAACP Labor Week
Sep 08, 2023
New contracts for carpenters, electricians | MG&E and OPEIU 39 latest | LaborFest '23 this Monday | SEIU takes on Appleton hospital | TAA challenges | Feds say: More overtime | March on Washington at 60 | and more
Sep 01, 2023
Electrician apprentices | SCFL Youth Committee | SEIU rallies in MKE | UAW strike authorization | Labor Fest vol opportunities | Line 5 | Dirty drywall | NLRB ruling
Aug 25, 2023
Madison eviction crisis | Sourdough worker speaks | OPEIU 39, IBEW 2304 latest | UAW ready to fight Big 3 | Farm labor
Aug 18, 2023
Latest on MG&E and two unions | Starbucks, Madison Sourdough workers in tough battles | Wisco Supremes and voting | Minimum wage
Aug 11, 2023
OPEIU 39 march, negotiations | Leinie's workers walk the line | Unions help civil rights | Child labor: D'you want fries with that? | New blood on Wisco Supremes | Hollywood strike latest | OSHA cites Dollar General | Starbucks action
Aug 04, 2023
OPEIU to march | Teamsters-UPS | Contract at Kohler | Heat standards? Huh? | Waukesha teacher and rights | Restaurant wage theft |
Jul 28, 2023
Strike Summer | Teamsters-UPS, Hollywood actors and writers, OPEIU-TruStage updates | Waukesha teacher firing | Faith community vs. border horror | Stanford grad students vote for union | Bosses want kids working
Jul 21, 2023
Sourdough worker speaks * Crushin' It finding * OPEIU-TruStage, Teamsters-UPS latest * Actors walk * Juneteenth resolution latest
Jul 14, 2023
Negotiation updates: Teamsters-UPS, IBEW-MG&E, Colectivo * Starbucks strike for LGBTQIA+ * A child, a sawmill, and death in Florence * Evers to perma-fund education ? * Juneteenth * and more
Jul 07, 2023
Education and the budget * OPEIU-TruStage stalemate * Air quality standards * Green Bay workplace horrors * Unions and universal healthcare * Teamsters-UPS *
Jun 30, 2023
Deep Dive on School Funding Deal, Vouchers * Madison Teachers Salary Win * Pay Discrimination in Verona * OPEIU-TruStage Update * Happy Bday, WI Civil Service * Childcare Cut, Child Labor Pushed
Jun 23, 2023
Non-Compete Clauses and You * Teamsters Authorize UPS Strike * Juneteenth in Madison * OPEIU-TruStage Update * Minnesota Budget >> Wisconsin
Jun 16, 2023
SCOTUS vs. workers * OPEIU and TruStage update * MGE workers * New TAA presidents speak * Layoffs in Brillion * New Colectivo contract * Jobs report
Jun 09, 2023
OPEIU 39 Strike in Week 2 * Madison Starbucks Union Vote Win * UAW and Master Lock * Amazon Walkout * Federal Budget and Workers * PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
Jun 02, 2023
OPEIU 39 On the Line * SEIU-Meriter Contract * Gary Mitchell * Letter Carriers * Public Education * Bean Feed * Starbucks Latest
May 26, 2023
OPEIU 39 On Strike * Meriter Settlement * Starbucks Strikes Back * IBEW-MGE Talks * Rally for Schools * Why Union?
May 19, 2023
Solidarity with OPEIU 39 * Public schools * Nurses Week * Palestine and labor * Letter carriers food drive
May 12, 2023
IBEW Cares * Faith-Labor * May Day in Wisconsin * Nurses Week * Rally for Public Education * Pulp Mill
May 05, 2023
OPEIU Local 39 CUNA workers authorize strike * Another Madison Starbucks organizes * May Day and a Day Without Immigrants * Meriter update * Workers Memorial Day * Faith+Labor
Apr 28, 2023
Remembering Ellen LaLuzerne * Union struggle at CUNA * Rutgers strike settled
Apr 21, 2023
Reproductive rights march | Getting out the vote | Minnesota nurses, Chicago college faculty act | Report from France | Alabama prisoners | and more
Oct 07, 2022
Madison school support staff | COSATU, Palestine, and Madison | Wisconsin Red Cross workers still fighting | Starbucks suits no match for worker power | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION!
Sep 30, 2022
Restaurant workers walk | Workers leverage up | Minnesota nurses | Postal service | Madison reproductive rights march | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION!
Sep 23, 2022
UW Health nurses, Red Cross workers get agreements! | CUNA workers still fight, Minnesota nurses still strike | Rail workers struggle | For Our Future union | and more
Sep 16, 2022
UW nurses to walk | Minnesota nurses already on strike | LaborFest voices, and more
Sep 09, 2022
Labor Day Special! | UW nurses to walk | Teamsters v. Madison ruling | Chipotle union | Teacher pay | and more
Sep 02, 2022
UW Nurses give notice | Low teacher pay | Union, community on Red Cross negotiations | LaborFest is back! | Postal workers news | Ohio teachers, and more
Aug 26, 2022
Lunchtime picket at CUNA | UW Health snubs NAACP | Red Cross bleeds workers | Minny nurses, Cali health workers strike | IRA impact | Starbucks doesn't care about your stinking labor laws | Sweatshop soup | Voces forum | and more
Aug 19, 2022
Colectivo Coffee, OPEIU-CUNA negotiation support actions | NAACP and UW nurses | Elections: Poll workers, AFSCME view | Steve Mazar remembered | CASE strike update | and more
Aug 12, 2022
UW nurses getting ready | Word out on Red Cross workers | IBEW organizes For Our Future | Teacher shortage | Dobbs decision vs. workers | UW COVID policy | and more
Aug 05, 2022
Madison teachers get real wage pay cut | Migrant worker health rules to lapse | CUNA negotiations | Strike at CASE | Child labor in Bama, and more
Jul 29, 2022
Dying for Prime Day | Rail strike? | Dobbs vs. health care | Election official speaks | IAM Horicon talks to start | Congressional aides union | Chipotle with a side of umion busting | Lowest minimum wage | and more
Jul 22, 2022
Carpenters walk line vs shady hiring | OPEIU walks line for fair contract | Wisco Supreme Court shenanigans | NLRB starved, and more
Jul 15, 2022
Red Cross workers agreement | Dane County nurses speak out | Madison Starbucks worker speaks | CUNA picket July 9th | NNU for abortion rights | SCOTUS vs workers | UFCW and cannabis workers | and more
Jul 08, 2022
Madison Starbucks union vote win! | Teachers stretched | Dobbs decision slams union health provisions, women's economic status and more
Jul 01, 2022
Roe falls, labor response | 'Essential' 'heroes' get dumped, fight back | Labor Notes report | Madison Juneteenth | COVID $ shenanigans in WI | OPEIU-CUNA update and more
Jun 24, 2022
Labor Notes kicks off | Poor people march | Microsoft ❤ CWA? | Starbucks CEO rants | Happy Birthday Wisco Civil Service | Case strike update | and more
Jun 17, 2022
WIsconsin AG backs UW nurses | Upcoming marches against guns, for poor people | Union action at Edmonton video game company | AFL-CIO and foreign policty | CUNA-OPEIU negotiations | Home health worker wages | and more
Jun 10, 2022
Madison school walkout | SCFL on Trachte contract | Pabst Theatre has a union | EEOC finds racial discrimination in Waukesha | Apple Stores organizing | PLEDGE WEEK EDITION
Jun 03, 2022
Labor victories! Union vote wins at Raven | Trachte strike settled | CUNA sits down with OPEIU | NLRB cites Starbucks | Madison teachers, Case, Red Cross struggles continue | Racial disparities | and more
May 27, 2022
Trachte and Case strikes continue | Madison teachers want a contract | Red Cross and CUNA standoffs | Starbucks union wave | Long COVID | and more
May 20, 2022
From the Trachte picket line | Red Cross vs. workers | CUNA negotiations update | Didion explosion ruling and more
May 13, 2022
SMART Local 565 set to strike Trachte | UAW strike at Case | May Day a Day Without Immigrants and Latinx | Nurses' Week blood drive | CUNA and Starbucks updates, and more
May 06, 2022
May Day preview | Workers Memorial Day | Raven vote starts | Union blood drive | CUNA and Starbucks updates | Medicare For All | and more!
Apr 29, 2022
NLRB says: Raven Software union vote to happen! | Workers' Memorial Day | May Day: Day Without Immigrants \ May Day: CUNA picket | New low in Wiscomandering | National Nurses Week preview, and more
Apr 22, 2022
Remembering Steve Masar | CUNA crunch time | SCFL organizing | NLRB wants Joy Silk back | A working farmer | Starbucks latest and more
Apr 15, 2022
MIT grad student union | NLRB vs. 'captive meetings' | Privatizing Medicare | Amazon sued! | School board results | School Lunch Justice | CUNA negotiation update, and more
Apr 08, 2022
Amazon win in NYC! | Starbucks union in Madison | CUNA negotiations | NLRB ok's Colectivo vote | Joe Hill on stage | Poor people fight | Election Tuesday, and more
Apr 01, 2022
CUNA contract negotiations | New Meriter contract | Voting maps | City vs. Teamsters | Labor resolution on the war | Joe Hill on stage, and more
Mar 25, 2022
Colectivo fight comes to Madison | Minneapolis teachers strike update | Rural schools | Women workers in Wisconsin and more
Mar 18, 2022
Striking Minneapolis teachers speak | Public-sector unions under Act 10 | Drivers organize | Baseball settles | Postal service bill | Poor People Campaign | PLEDGE WEEK
Mar 11, 2022
Willy Street workers agree to new contract | Sports workers update: US Women’s Soccer pay equity, baseball locked out | UW nurses latest | Wiscomandering | McDonald's EEOC settlement | PLEDGE WEEK
Mar 04, 2022
Tentative agreement at Willy Street | UW nurses rally for union | Starbucks workers rally | IATSE members return to work and more
Feb 25, 2022
Starbucks union drive hits Wisco | Vouchers threaten public schools | Raven union drive to NLRB and more
Feb 18, 2022
Madison labor on the move | Who sets UW COVID policy? | Post office reform and more
Feb 11, 2022
Dane County nurses | Organizing at Starbucks, Amazon and Raven | Union density and more
Feb 04, 2022
Pay discrimination in Verona WI | GOP goes document fishing | District maps and more
Jan 28, 2022
UW nurses keep fighting | Raven wants a union | City tries to shrink Teamsters | Union action updates and more
Jan 21, 2022
Colectivo union fights | UW nurses take action | UW workers get paid and more
Jan 14, 2022
Madison Public Schools delayed return | OSHA’s COVID regulations | UW trades workers get a raise | and more
Jan 07, 2022
2021 Labor Radio Retrospective
Dec 31, 2021
Fantasy in Lights review | Baseball lockout | postal worker contract highlights and more
Dec 17, 2021
K12 staffing issues | Nurses organizing | ProAct upcoming actions | Covid-19 report
Dec 10, 2021
Kellogg agreement | checking in with the Postal Service | recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision and more
Dec 03, 2021
Strike ends at John Deere but Kellogg's continues | stagehands contracts | get funky with VO5, UW Nurses and more
Nov 19, 2021
Strike updates | Calling out Ron Johnson | Apprenticeship Week | Worker Justice Wisconsin and more
Nov 12, 2021