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.

NUHW legal wins | AFGE defends LGBTQ+, DEI | Texas Tech profs fight back | Labor Notes, AFL-CIO conventions
Labor Radio
NUHW legal wins | AFGE defends LGBTQ+, DEI | Texas Tech profs fight back | Labor Notes, AFL-CIO conventions

Recent Episodes

July 10, 2026

NUHW legal wins | AFGE defends LGBTQ+, DEI | Texas Tech profs fight back | Labor Notes, AFL-CIO conventions

A targeted health worker explains how an expensive union-busting campaign by Rogers Health against the new National Union of Healthcare Workers union falls short so far in court and in front of a Wisconsin professional board, an American Federation of Government Employees local president discusses how AFGE is standing up to Trump anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-DEI campaigns, professors at Texas Tech represented by AAUP-AFT have filed a lawsuit over censorship by the university system, and Labor Radio spea
July 3, 2026

Minnesota 15 | ABC For Health | Labor history: Reconstruction, AFSCME, Kohler strike, NALC

Madison labor activists call for solidarity with the indicted anti-ICE activists the Minnesota 15, the nonprofit ABS For Health which is undergoing a union drive describes its mission, and Labor Radio looks at some labor history in the US: how the undermining of postwar Reconstruction keeps the legacy of racially-based unpaid labor continuing to hold down Black people and the whole working class, Labor Radio looks at the now-nationwide public sector American Federation of State, County and Munic
June 26, 2026

GHC board | Meriter contract | School cafe workers | Cleric released | Trades careers program | Juneteenth | ITUC downgrades US

A Madison health cooperative that is facing a union organizing drive had questions about its board election procedures, Meriter Hospital support staff represented by SEIU Wisconsin agree to contract terms, AFSCME Local 60 speaks out against a plan to relocate food services workers from middle and high school to elementary, labor responds to the release of Milwaukee area Muslim leader Salah Sarsour, WRTP-Big Step offers pre-apprenticeship programs in the building trades, labor joins the Madison c
June 19, 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

The Madison Metropolitan School District adopts a plan to address teacher salary compression, Group Health Cooperative members vote on a board of directors through June 25th as its workers continue to organize to join SEIU Wisconsin, a CWA local president responds to the indictments and arrest raids of 15 anti-ICE activists in Minnesota, UAW at its convention votes to divest itself of Israel bonds, Black Resilience: Celebrating Our History and Presence is the theme of this year's Juneteenth, it'
June 12, 2026

Union Yes at St. Mary's | Wis Dems | Dauch strike | First contract law | Daycare crisis | Take Kids Fishing

Nurses at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison opt to join SEIU Wisconsin in a landslide vote, Labor Radio speaks to a Wisconsin Democratic Party official about labor ahead of the state party convention, the UAW goes on strike at Dauch (the former American Axle) in Michigan, The House of Representatives passes a law designed to keep bosses from delaying the first union contract after union recognition, funds for daycare that went in place during the pandemic are set to run out, and the Building Trades
June 5, 2026

St. Mary's union vote set | Guv forum | Cargill closing | 2304 president | Food drive | WORT PLEDGE EDITION

Labor Radio talks to a St. Mary's nurse as the NLRB sets June 11th as the date for a union representation election to join SEIU Wisconsin, organized labor sponsors a forum for candidates for Governor of Wisconsin ahead of the primaries, Cargill is closing its Milwaukee facility and laying off over 220 workers, Labor Radio speaks to the both the outgoing and incoming presidents at IBEW Local 2304, and there is an update on donation numbers for the National Association of Letter Carriers food driv