Episodes

A worker-organizer talks about the drive that got two Madiison-area union elections coming up Monday, a negotiator gives a update on talks at UnityPoint Meriter, Dollar General employees walk out in Mineral Point, UWM to walk out of Waukesha, more unions join a call for a Gaza ceasefire, the South Central Federation of Labor Community Services Conference is arriving, Minnesota mobilizes dontcha know, and a think tank releases a report on immigration, .

Madison Sourdough workers get first contract, city unions talk Madison budget troubles, it's Women in Construction Week, VP Kamala Harris visits Madison to talk union jobs and meets a protest over Palestine, and poor people march. THIS IS A PLEDGE WEEK EDITION.

Meriter workers begin bargaining, Starbucks agrees to talk to the union, Madison schools and its teachers union sees a new superintendent, Poor People’s Campaign marches Saturday 3/2, the Teamsters and Anheuser-Busch reach a tentative agreement, and more. THIS IS A PLEDGE WEEK EDITION.

Students and workers in Madison and across the US announce new Starbucks union fights, Operating Engineers picket in downtown Madison, upcoming Moral March on state legislators with the Wisconsin Poor People’s Campaign, tenants’ rights struggle in Madison, Webcrafters leaving town, new legislative maps signed into law, the legacy of Frederick Douglass.

What's happening in the Minnesota labor movement, labor wins in Michigan, child labor losses in Wisconsin, a President' Day rally coming to Milwaukee, Purple 4 Palestine, Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement for the undocumented, jury gives time to Cambria explosion mill managers, the Velma Hopkins story, and more.

We talk to workers about the union victory at a Starbucks store in Milwaukee, share news of organizing at Planned Parenthood and contract talks at UnityPoint Meriter, get the latest on the UW Oshkosh budget cuts, learn about a Las Vegas union leader and activist and more.

We learn what’s been going on at the Schoeps ice cream factory in Madison, hear from the organizing drive at Ocean Spray in Wisconsin Rapids, learn about organizing in the Wisconsin Farmers Union, dig deeper into how workers are affected by the UW budget cuts, explore the history of Right to Work laws and more.

We take a look at how Wisconsin unions are doing now after years of Act 10, discuss demands for a ceasefire from all over the world and from our unions here at home, discuss the impacts of budget cuts in the UW system, catch up on labor struggles near and far, look at teh National Farmers Union, and more.

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.

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, get a look at a tech union legal win, and more.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We bring you on-the-ground-reporting from the rally for union solidarity, learn what SEIU nurses have to say about patient care concerns, hear what teaching staff and parents have to say about low wages in Monona schools, look at the SAG-AFTRA agreement, hear about an international and a local resolution on the destruction in Gaza, learn about a strike authorization by IBEW 2150 at We Energies, hear about an upcoming Starbucks strike and more.

Today, we bring you news of Saturday's union solidarity march and rally in Madison, celebrate UAW’s victory for all workers, look at the organized labor response to the crisis in Palestine, talk to a worker about the new contract at Oakwood Village, get an immigrants rights look at Wisconsin's districting battles, look at the University of Wisconsin's teaching assistant union in historical context, hear worrying news on the state of workers in the Midwest, and more.

Get this week's update on the ongoing UAW-Big 3 strike, hear about the brand new union contract at Oakwood Village and preparation for negotiations at Meriter Hospital, hear voices at a rally at the capitol for fair electoral maps, get an update on union organizing at a Milwaukee game company, learn about preparations for the upcoming solidarity rally, hear about OSHA’s crackdown on dishonest bosses and more.

We bring you this week's update on the ongoing UAW strike, learn about an upcoming unity rally to support OPEIU Local 39 in their struggle with Madison Gas and Electric, learn more about how cuts at UW Oshkosh will affect workers, hear about a proposed union resolution on Palestine, check a report on Madison failure on equity over the last ten years, learn about the new union at Workers Justice Wisconsin, and more.

Today, we bring you the latest update on the UAW strike, details of the win by healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente, news of a rally by Wisconsin state workers, the good word on bosses with fines and bosses in handcuffs, the bad word on teacher pay, the latest on Wisconsin districting battles, and more.

We bring you the latest on the UAW strike still holding strong against the Big 3 automakers and talk to picketers, give details on the largest healthcare workers strike ever in the US, hear about a worker-led petition at a Madison Starbucks, get news of actions by state workers and more. THIS IS A PLEDGE WEEK EDITION.