Beste CTU Speaks podcaster (2024)

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Show: Labor Express for 10-13-2024 - The ILA (Longshoremen) win their strike. UAW President Shawn Fain speaks to the CTU. 1:00:52

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This is the full 10-13-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The ILA (The International Longshoremen's Association) wins their 3-day strike and a 62% wage increase! UAW President Shawn Fain speaks to the CTU (Chicago Teachers Union). Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working peop…

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Show: Labor Express for 10-27-2024 - Jackson Potter, CTU VP on teacher’s contract negotiations and school board elections, plus ACERO closures 55:20

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This is the full 10-27-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Jackson Potter, Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union, discusses contract negotiations, the CPS budget crisis, and the first-ever elections for the Chicago Board of Education. Plus, teachers and parents speak out on ACERO’s plan to close 7 Chicago charter schools in Lati…

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Interview: Jackson Potter, CTU VP on teacher’s contract negotiations 33:49

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Jackson Potter, Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union, discusses contract negotiations, the CPS budget crisis, and the very first elections for the Chicago Board of Education.

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Show: Labor Express for 9-22-2024 - Julian Electric workers organize, Jonas Čeika on fascism & middle classes 55:32

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This is the full 9-22-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. ARISE Chicago workers center helps Julian Electric workers in Lockport organize a union, Kiefer Dunn discusses adjuncts first contract fight at the Art Institute, Peter Hudis discusses Ukraine and Palestine, and Jonas Čeika talks about fascism and the middle class. Labor Express…

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Show: Labor Express for 9-8-2024 - Les Leopold, author of Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It 58:38

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This is the full 9-8-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Les Leopold, Executive Director of the Labor Institute and author of a new book entitled Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It, talks about how mass layoffs and economic dislocation are directly related t…

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Show: Labor Express for 8-25-2024 - the U.S. labor movement inside and outside the Democratic National Convention (DNC) 2024. 57:07

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This is the full 8-25-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The U.S. labor movement inside and outside the Democratic National Convention (DNC) 2024. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in C…

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Show: Labor Express for 8-11-2024 - ALU joins Teamsters, Pizza Nova workers, SureBuilt workers, Colombian Demand Justice 58:57

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This is the full 8-11-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. ARISE Chicago Workers Center assists workers at Pizza Nova and SureBuilt Concrete Forms organize. The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) affiliates with the Teamsters. Colombian workers win a lawsuit against Chiquita Bananas for paying death squads responsible for workers' deaths. Labor E…

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Show: Labor Express for 7-28-2024 - Palestinian trade unionists call for ceasefire and CTU fights 2024-25 CPS budget proposal 54:46

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This is the full 7-28-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The Chicago Teachers Union fights the CPS 2025 school budget. Palestinian trade unionists speak out on a call hosted by the National Labor Network for a Ceasefire. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by wor…

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Show: Labor Express for 7-7-2024 - Labor Notes 2024 session on direct action and CTU fights layoffs 56:15

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This is the full 7-7-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) protests the layoffs of 330 paraprofessionals by Chicago Public School management. Also, excerpts from the Labor Notes 2024 panel on Direct Action - workers in retail, education, media and more discuss how they have used various forms of direct ac…

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Show: Labor Express for 6-23-2024 - Jorge Mujica on Mexican Elections, CTU’s first public bargaining session 55:59

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This is the full 6-23-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and CPS hold the first-ever contract bargaining session open to the public. Jorge Mujica discusses the presidential election in Mexico and AMLO’s legacy. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for…

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Show: Labor Express for 6-2-2024 - Labor Notes 2024 - AI and the working class, Alex O'Keefe of WGA and writer for The Bear as well as Deborah Burger of NNU 56:05

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This is the full 6-2-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. More from Labor Notes 2024. Workers confront AI (artificial intelligence) with Alex O'Keefe, writer for the FX TV show The Bear and WGA member as well as Deborah Burger of NNU. Also Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at Labor Notes and members of the Brazilian labor federation CSP-Conl…

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Show: Labor Express for 5-19-2024 - Audio from Labor Notes 2024 - Can Unions Seize the Moment? - Including Sara Nelson of AFA 1:14:16

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This is the full 5-19-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Audio from Labor Notes 2024. Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants, Daniel Vicente, UAW Region 9 Director and Greg Iwinski of the Writers Guild of America East address the question… Can Unions Seize the Moment? Labor Express Radio is Chicag…

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Show: Labor Express for 5-5-2024 - Audio from Labor Notes 2024, including the UAW victory at Volkswagen and Erek Slater with ATU Local 241 fights for his job 58:49

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This is the full 5-5-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Audio from Labor Notes 2024. UAW wins big at Volkswagen in Chatanooga! Erek Slater, Chicago public transit bus driver, and former executive board member of Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241, fights his firing for union activity in court. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only l…

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Show: Labor Express for 4-14-2024 - Erek Slater of ATU Local 241 wins his fight for free speech and labor rights and more unions join call for Gaza ceasefire 56:31

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This is the full 4-14-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Erek Slater, Chicago public transit bus driver, former elected shop steward and former executive board member of Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241, wins his court fight for free speech and labor rights for transit workers. Carl Rosen of UE, Jackson Potter of CTU and others di…

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Show: Labor Express for 3-17-2024 - Les Leopold discusses his book Wall Street's War on Workers and Erek Slater, ATU Local 241, fights his firing by CTA and his unlawful arrest by the Chicago police. 56:21

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This is the full 3-31-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Erek Slater, Chicago public transit bus driver, former elected shop steward and former executive board member of Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241, fights his firing by CTA and his unlawful arrest by the Chicago police. Les Leopold discusses his new book Wall Street's War on …

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Show: Labor Express for 3-17-2024 - Oscar Chacon of Alianza Americas on “migrant crisis”. 56:18

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This is the full 3-17-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Oscar Chacon, Executive Director of Alianza Americas, discusses the so-called “migrant crisis”. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLP…

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Labor Express Radio 20th/30th Anniversary Special! 2:14:16

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This is the full 3-3-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Our 20th / 30th Anniversary special! Labor Express Radio started in Fall 1993, so the program actually had its 30th birthday some months ago. February marked the 20th anniversary of current host producer Jerry Mead-Lucero at the helm. This 2 hour + special features a panel discus…

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Show: Labor Express for 2-11-2024 - Instituto schools on strike and Sean O’Brien of the Teamsters flirts with Trump 57:39

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This is the full 2-11-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, teachers strike at Instituto Schools - Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy (IHSCA) and Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy (IJLA), also known as the Rudy Lozano Leadership Academy! And why is Teamster’s President Sean O’Brien mee…

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Show: Labor Express for 1-21-2024 - SAG-AFTRA contract on AI and workers centers demand “DALE” renewal. 1:00:21

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This is the full 1-21-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Contract Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and SAG-AFTRA General Counsel Jeffrey Bennett discuss AI protections in the new union contract. Plus, workers centers and immigrant rights groups in Chicago demand DHS renew deferred act…

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Show: Labor Express for 12-31-2023 - Instituto schools teachers vote to strike. Economist Jack Rasmus discuses the year in labor 2023. 55:55

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This is the full 12-31-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Instituto schools (IJLA and IHSCA) teachers vote to strike as contract negotiations pass the 1.5 year mark. Economist Dr. Jack Rasmus provides an analysis of the events in the labor U.S. labor movement of the past year. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and curre…

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Show: Labor Express for 12-3-2023 - UAW, APWU, and UE call for Gaza ceasefire, Jasmin Cardenas on WorkersTEATRO 56:16

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This is the full 12-3-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, UAW, UE and Postal Workers call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Actor and SAG-AFTRA member Jasmin Cardenas discusses Workers TEATRO a Chicago worker's theater collective. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affa…

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Show: Labor Express for 11-19-2023 - Scott Houldieson, UAW discusses the auto worker contracts, Harold Phillips and Ilyssa Fradin discuss SAG-AFTRA strike win. 56:41

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This is the full 11-19-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, two victorious strikes! Scott Houldieson of the UAW discusses the new contracts with the big three automakers and SAG-AFTRA members Harold Phillips and Ilyssa Fradin discuss their new contracts with film and TV producers. Labor Express Ra…

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Show: Labor Express for 11-5-2023 - UAW wins big! Chicago Paid Time Off Ordinance. Peter Hudis on war in Gaza. 1:13:11

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This is the full 11-5-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, auto workers and the U.S. working class win big! Some details on the UAW strike victory at the big three auto makers. The Chicago City Council considers paid time off ordinance. Peter Hudis, professor of philosophy at Oakton Community Coll…

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Show: Labor Express for 10-22-2023 - Voices from the UAW picket lines in Chicago and the attitude of organized labor to war in Gaza, Israel and Palestine. 58:50

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This is the full 10-22-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, is the UAW strike nearing an end and a victory for auto workers? Voices from the picket lines. Plus, Steve Zeltzer of Work Week and Larry Goldbetter, President of the National Writers Union discuss the ongoing tragedy in Israel and the Oc…

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Show: Labor Express for 10-8-2023 - The ongoing UAW strike wins major gains! Teamster take on Amazon. 53:37

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This is the full 10-8-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, the UAW is Winning! UAW strike expands to Chicago Ford Assembly Plant and new gains made in negotiations including GM adding electric battery production to the national labor agreement. Also, Teamsters take on Amazon at warehouses in South…

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Show: Labor Express for 9-24-2023 - UAW 2023 auto strike expands 55:58

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This is the full 9-24-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, auto strike expands. The UAW is now on strike at 41 locations in 20 states. UAW President Shawn Fain explains the reason for adding plants to the strike and discusses progress at Ford. Strikers on the picket lines talk about the injustice …

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Interview: Scott Houldieson of UAW Local 551 discusses 2023 auto strike. 25:45

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Scott Houldieson, a worker at Chicago's Ford assembly plant, member of UAW Local 551 (former VP of the local) and UAWD Steering Committee Chair discusses the current auto strike including the “stand up strike” approach and the inside/outside strategy of the union to have maximum impact on the automakers while minimizing the pain for the members. Th…

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Show: Labor Express for 9-10-2023 - Pro and con of UPS - Teamsters contract, the possibility of UAW strike, ChiArts teachers win TA 1:01:26

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This is the full 9-10-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, Teamsters rank-an-file vote 86% in favor of UPS contract - we look at the pros and cons of the ratified deal. UAW prepares for a possible auto strike on Sept. 15th. And ChiArts teachers suspend their planned strike and announce a tentative…

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Show: Labor Express for 8-13-2023 - Scott Houldieson of the UAW and UAWD discusses the contract fight with U.S. auto makers. 1:00:57

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This is the full 8-13-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, I talk with Scott Houldieson, an electrician at the Ford Chicago assembly plant, member of UAW Local 551, former VP of UAW Local 551, and current UAWD (Unite all Workers for Democracy) Steering Committee Chair, about the reform movement in…

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Interview: UE General President Carl Rosen on the legacy of UE Hall. 29:11

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This is a special Labor Express Radio Interview: UE General President Carl Rosen on the legacy of UE Hall. A few months ago UE General President Carl Rosen informed me that the union has decided to sell historic UE Hall at 37 S. Ashland. It was certainly not surprising. As Carl explains in the the interview, the Hall had begun its life in the early…

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Show: Labor Express for 7-30-2023 - El Milagro tortillerias and Portillo’s workers favorable NLRB rulings and the legacy of UE Hall 1:01:42

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This is the full 7-30-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, workers for El Milagro tortillerias and for Portillo’s, with the assistance of ARISE Chicago workers center, utilize favorable NLRB rulings to advance their organizing efforts. UE General President Carl Rosen talks about the history and le…

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Show: Labor Express for 7-16-2023 - Hollywood actors on strike, largest Starbucks in the world files for union election, Joe Allen - The Package King: A Rank and File History of UPS 1:27:40

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This is the full 7-16-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, the Hollywood actors (SAG-AFTRA) go on strike. Workers at the largest Starbucks in the world in downtown Chicago file for a union recognition election. And from the Labor Express archive, Joe Allen, author of The Package King: A Rank and F…

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Show: Labor Express for 7-2-2023 - Teamsters at UPS prepare to strike, update on WGA strike and Chicago minimum wage increases. 58:39

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This is the full 7-2-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Teamsters and the TDU prepare for a strike at UPS. Update on the Hollywood writer's strike. Chicago and Cook County minimum wages increase. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for w…

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Show: Labor Express for 6-18-2023 - Will the Summer-Fall of 2023 bring a historic “strike wave”? Chicago Teachers win 12 weeks of parental leave and Chicago as a model for asylum sanctuary. 1:05:36

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This is the full 6-18-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, a possible Summer-Fall 2023 strike wave looks more likely with developments with Teamsters at UPS, UAW at the Automakers, Hollywood actors joining the writers and the ILWU contract yet to be voted on. Chicago teachers win 12-weeks of paren…

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Teachers Teaching Teachers 42:36

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On this episode of CTU Speaks!, co-hosts Andrea Parker and Jim Staros bring a crew into the studio from the We Care New Teachers/Clinicians Coaching and Mentoring Program, which is a union-led, CTU initiative in partnership with CPS. We Care provides mentoring and support to educators in their first three years to help them navigate the various cha…

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Show: Labor Express for 6-4-2023 - AI and your job, warehouse workers demand stronger truck emissions standards, Hollywood strippers unionize, dock workers hold work stoppage 56:00

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This is the full 6-4-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, will AI steal your job? Warehouse workers push for stronger truck emissions standards in Illinois. Strippers in Hollywood unionize. West Coast dock workers hold work stoppage. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current aff…

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Show: Labor Express for 5-14-2023 - AI and the working class, Hollywood Writers Strike, and May Day 2023 in Chicago 57:29

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This is the full 5-14-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, AI’s impact on the working class, the Hollywood Writers Strike, and May Day 2023 in Chicago. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radi…

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Show: Labor Express for 4-30-2023 - Hope Academy, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson and child labor laws under attack 56:26

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This is the full 4-30-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza workplace disaster, former union organizer Brandon Johnson elected Chicago’s next Mayor, teachers and parents of Hope Academy Chicago fight to keep their school open and child labor laws under attack in I…

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Show: Labor Express for 4-2-2023 - Teamsters gear up for possible UPS strike and France in revolt 57:58

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This is the full 4-2-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, Hong Kong unions fight for survival under government suppression, Teamsters organize for a possible strike at UPS in August and the French working class in open revolt against Macron. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and cur…

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Schooling Paul Vallas About Black History 54:10

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On this episode of CTU Speaks!, co-hosts Tara Stamps and Jim Staros invite David Stovall, professor of criminology, law, and justice at the University of Illinois-Chicago, into the studio for a discussion of the outlandish things Paul Vallas has said about teaching Black history. This is an informative deep dive into the explicit and not-so-explici…

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Paul's Path of Destruction 35:35

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On this episode of CTU Speaks!, co-hosts Tara Stamps and Jim Staros welcome three out-of-town guests to our Chicago studio to discuss the devastation that Paul Vallas wrought in the cities where they live. Shakeda Gaines is an education activist and advocate from Philadelphia, Melissa Francis is a parent union organizer with Step Up for Action in N…

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Show: Labor Express for 3-19-2023 - Saket Soni’s The Great Escape, UTLA and SEIU strike LAUSD, UAW reformers win 56:41

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This is the full 3-19-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Reformers victorious in UAW elections, teachers and staff in Los Angles schools prepare to strike and Saket Soni discusses his new book The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America, about hundreds of Indian guest workers escaping a forced labor …

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From the Seventh Grade to the Fifth Floor 30:54

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In this episode, co-hosts Andrea Parker and Tara Stamps dive into Brandon Johnson’s past by interviewing three of Mr. Johnson’s former 7th grade students — Shakyra Williams, Malik Savage, and Dequandre Williams — and his former co-worker Pat Wade. Along with Tara, they were all at Jenner Academy for the Arts when Brandon taught there. Together, the…

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Show: Labor Express for 2-26-2023 - 2022 strike surge and Railroad Workers United speaks out on East Palestine Ohio train derailment 1:08:14

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This is the full 2-26-2023 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, it seems the pandemic period strike wave continues - 2022 saw a 50% increase in strike activity. And Railroad Workers United speaking out on the corporate greed behind the East Palestine Ohio train derailment. Labor Express Radio is …

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Show: Labor Express for 2-12-2023 - U.S. Supreme court threatens right to strike and 1937 Flint Sit-Down strike and its relevance to UAW today 56:13

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This is the full 2-12-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the Feb. 12th episode of Labor Express Radio, will the U.S. Supreme Court attack the right to strike? And the 86th anniversary of the 1937 Flint Sit-Down strike and its relevance to the UAW and the labor movement today. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and cur…

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Show: Labor Express for 1-29-2023 - Chicago teachers demand improved parental leave, Arise Chicago demands DHS implement protections for immigrant workers, and Dr. Rasmus predicts economic conditions 55:51

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This is the full 1-29-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the Jan. 29th episode of Labor Express Radio, Chicago teachers demand Mayor Lightfoot implement improved parental leave, Arise Chicago demands DHS implement protections for immigrant workers, the war in Ukraine’s effect on seafarers and Dr. Jack Rasmus predicts economic condi…

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Show: Labor Express for 1-8-2023 - Howard Brown Health Centers strike and 2023 predications for the working class 55:39

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This is the full 1-8-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. What does 2023 have in store for working people and the labor movement? Forecasts and predictions for the new year. Also, workers at the Howard Brown Health Centers carry out a 3-day strike to protest layoffs. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs r…

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Show: Labor Express for 12-18-2022 - Twitter, domestic workers' rights, incarcerated workers, and labor journalist Kim Kelly 55:30

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Labor Express for 12-18-2022 This is the full 12-18-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, what does chaos at Twitter mean for unions, domestic worker's rights in Illinois, labor journalist Kim Kelly on incarcerated workers, and much more. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and c…

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Show: Labor Express for 12-4-2022 - Government imposes railway labor agreement, World Cup 2022, UAW strike at UC 55:59

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This is the full 12-4-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, the federal government uses the arcane Railway Labor Act to cram an unjust contract agreement down the throats of union rail workers, World Cup 2022 comes at the cost of the deaths of hundreds of migrant workers, and the largest stri…

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Show: Labor Express for 11-13-2022 - CTU fights for bilingual ed and railroad workers on the verge of striking. 56:09

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This is the full 11-13-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, the Chicago Teachers Union holds a Dia de los Muertos press conference to highlight CPS’s broken promises on bilingual ed in Chicago’s public schools and, is a railroad strike still likely? Members of Railroad Workers United discuss…

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