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Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. “News for working people, by working people.” Our program covers issues in the labor movement locally, nationally, and internationally. The program also addresses issues of concern to working people such as housing, education, health care, immigrants rights, the environment and U.S. foreign policy, from a working class viewpoint. Labor Express Radio airs Sunday nights at 8:00 PM on Chicago's Lumpenradio, WLPN, 105.5 FM. The program is streamed live at http://lumpenradio.com/. Archived programs
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Signup to Generate a PitchLabor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. “News for working people, by working people.” Our program covers issues in the labor movement locally, nationally, and internationally. The program also addresses issues of concern to working people such as housing, education, health care, immigrants rights, the environment and U.S.
Labor Express Radio is hosted by Jerry Mead - Lucero. The show has published 172 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Show: Labor Express for 10-25-2026 - Chicago hotel workers strike, and nurses rally. Plus voices from No Kings 4 on Oct. 17th" (27 October 2026, 57 minutes), "Show: Labor Express for 10-11-2026 - Historian Robert Suits discusses his new book, The Hobo: A History of America's First Climate Migrants." (27 October 2026, 58 minutes), and "Show: Labor Express for 9-27-2026 - Scott Houldieson runs for office and unions take on the AI industry." (29 September 2026, 52 minutes).
Labor Express Radio publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 58 minutes across 172 episodes.
Booking probability for Labor Express Radio is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Labor Express Radio requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Labor Express Radio's contact route on record: public web form.
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Jerry Mead - Lucero hosts Labor Express Radio, a news podcast with 172 episodes published.
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This is the full 10-25-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Chicago hotel workers strike, and nurses rally. Plus voices from No Kings 4 on Oct. 17th. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and...
Labor Express Radio
This is the full 10-11-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Historian Robert Suits discusses his new book, The Hobo: A History of America's First Climate Migrants . Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest...
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This is the full 9-27-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Long-time friend of the program Scott Houldieson, leader in UAW Local 551 and the reform movement in the UAW, is running for State Senate in...
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This is the full 9-13-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Union nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago go on a one-day strike and thousands of Chicago union hotel workers march through the...
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This is the full 8-16-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Plans for Labor Day 2026 in Chicago and around the country. And, Chicago’s Sustainable Community Schools program expands. Labor Express Radio is...
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This is the full 8-2-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. AI’s impact on the workplace and how unions are fighting back - audio from the 2026 Labor Notes Conference. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest...
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This is the full 7-12-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Check your Check! Minimum wages increased in Chicago and Cook County on July 1st. Also, immigrant workers lead the fight back against the boss and...
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This is the full 6-21-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. BP oil refinery workers in Whiting, Indiana, members of the Steel Workers union, have been locked out for over 3 months. I talk with USW Local 7‑1...
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This is the full 6-7-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. We take a look at the impact of AI (artificial intelligence) on workers. Teamsters members at UPS, raise concerns regarding the use of inward-facing...
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This is the full 5-24-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Labor Notes discusses taxing the rich and fighting AI in the workplace. Plus Jacob Morrison of The Valley Labor Report and labor journalist Hamilton...
This is the full 4-26-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Labor historians Jeremy Brecher and Joseph McCartin, and labor organizer Stephen Lerner discuss how “Resisting Trumpism Can Revive the U.S. Labor...
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This is the full 4-12-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Plans for May Day 2026 in Chicago. This year’s May Day might not only be the largest since 2006, but maybe the most important since the first May...
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This is the full 3-29-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. How do we move from symbolic protests like No Kings to direct action? Lessons from the Palestinian solidarity struggle. Also May Day 2026, plans for...
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This is the full 3-15-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Shamal Ali, a leader within the Communist Party of Iran-Hekmatist, discusses how the U.S. and Israel’s imperialist war sets back the workers'...
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This is the full 3-1-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The new Unite & Win Podcast interviews Jorge Mújica of ARISE Chicago about immigrant worker organizing. Folks on the Work Stoppage Podcast discuss...
This is the full 2-8-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Starbucks workers call on customers to delete the Starbucks app from their phones. I discuss the new documentary The Best Union Money Could Buy with...
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This is the full 1-25-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. We discuss the Minneapolis “general strike” of Jan. 23rd 2026 and Jackson Potter of the Chicago Teachers Union talks about the Trump...
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This is the full 1-11-2026 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Chicago demands hands off Venezuela and justice for Renee Nicole Good. Plus, Chicagoans demand CPD stop cooperating with ICE! Labor Express Radio is...
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This is the full 12-28-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Two excerpts from recent episodes of the Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report radio program in memory of the Dec. 12th passing of that...
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This is the full 12-7-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Labor Notes asks, how unions can defend worker power under Trump 2.0.? Economic Policy Institute Labor strategist Dave Kamper discusses his new book...
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Deputy Press Secretary, Three Points Insurance Design
journalist, author on labor and politics, union organizer, activist, In These Times
labor historian, journalist, union activist, assistant professor at the Harry Van Arsdale Jr School of Labor Studies, SUNY Empire State University, SUNY Empire State University
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