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	Labor Express Radio for 10-16-05 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Keywords: labor; chicago; justice; workers; unions; rights Downloads: 49 Average rating: (0 review)
	Labor Express Radio for 10-8-06 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Keywords: labor; chicago; justice; worker; union; rights Downloads: 26 Average rating: (0 review)
	LE11-18-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 11-18-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Interview with Nathan Wilmers & Sarah Jankowski of Students Organizing United with Labor (SOUL) about there efforts to support campus workers, members of Teamsters Local 743, in their struggle for a fair contract. Also, an Interview with National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) executive director Oscar Chacon at the NALACC National Leadership Assembly in Cincinnati Ohio. Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; organizing; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; NALACC; SOUL; University of Chicago; Teamsters; Local 743; students Downloads: 60
	Joe Moore on Republic Windows Occupation - Jerry Mead-Lucero Chicago Alderman Joe Moore announces that 15 members of the Chicago City Council are seeking to pass a resolution calling for the City to divest from Bank of America if the bank refuses to extend credit to the owners of Republic Windows & Doors. Republic management claims that it can not pay their workers the severance they are due under law, because the bank has refused them further credit. The workers are currently occupying the factory in protest. Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 4
	LE2-10-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 2-10-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. When UAW Local 3520 members at Freightliner, a truck manufacturer in Cleveland North Carolina, resisted company demands that they accept a concessionary contract, UAW International officials attacked their own members rather than support their efforts to combat concessions. The Freightliner 5 are Local 3520 leaders who have had to fight both the company and UAW officialdom in their effort to represent the membership of their lo... Keywords: freightliner 5; cleveland 5; labor; unions; uaw; united auto workers; workers; concessions; north carolina; jerry mead-lucero; mead-lucero; labor express; Freightliner Downloads: 13
	StewartAcuff2-3 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Section 3 of Part 2 of Stewart Acuff Interview. Keywords: Labor Express Downloads: 41
	JoeIsobaker&AdamWeisbergDebate - Jerry Mead-Lucero JoeIsobaker&AdamWeisbergDebate Keywords: SEIU; NNOC; CNA Downloads: 22
	LE10-7-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 10-7-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode we talk with Stewart Acuff, National Organizing Director of the AFL-CIO, about the state of the AFL-CIO and of the labor movement in general, 2 years since the historic 50th Anniversary convention of the federation which resulted in the split that formed the competing Change To Win coalition of unions. This is part one of our two part interview with Acuff... Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; AFL-CIO; Change to Win; Stewart Acuff; organizing; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero Downloads: 51
	ComcastCampaignCommunityVoices - Jerry Mead-Lucero Community members speak out as part of IBEW Local 21's campaign on Comcast. Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago Downloads: 13
	Ed McElroy at AFT Convention 2008 - Jerry Mead-Lucero American Federation of Teachers President Edward McElroy, gives a "State of the Union" speech at the opening of the AFT Convention in Chicago, July 11th, 2008. Keywords: AFT; teachers; unions; chicago Downloads: 7
	Jerry Tucker on UAW Contracts 07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Jerry Tucker is a former director of Region 5 of the United Auto Workers union (UAW), former International Executive Board member, and was one of the leaders of the New Directions reform movement in the UAW. He is the co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal. In this interview, Jerry Mead-Lucero of Labor Express Radio talks with Tucker about the 2007 contract negotiations between the UAW, GM, Chrysler & Ford... Keywords: labor; union; worker; UAW; United Auto Workers; GM; Ford; Chrysler; auto; labor express; justice; strike; rights; jerry tucker; jerry mead-lucero; center for labor renewal; new directions Downloads: 77
	Joe Moore on Republic Windows Occupation - Jerry Mead-Lucero Chicago Alderman Joe Moore announces that 15 members of the Chicago City Council are seeking to pass a resolution calling for the City to divest from Bank of America if the bank refuses to extend credit to the owners of Republic Windows & Doors. Republic management claims that it can not pay their workers the severance they are due under law, because the bank has refused them further credit. The workers are currently occupying the factory in protest. Keywords: Joe Moore; Republic Windows; factory; occupation; labor; chicago; worker; rights Downloads: 5
	Labor Express For 11-23-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 11-23-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Labor Express reflects on the meaning of President Elect Barack Obamaâs election victory for the labor movement with Chicago Jobs With Justice Executive Director James Thindwa. A long time labor activist and community organizer in Chicago - especially in poor, African-American working class communities on Chicagoâs Southside - who is also an African immigrant, Thindwa offers a unique perspective on what Obamaâs election mea... Keywords: Barack Obama; James Thindwa; labor; workers; Chicago; justice; Jobs With Justice; unions; labor movement; Obama Downloads: 7
	Labor Express For 12-7-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 12-7-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, the workers of Republic Windows & Doors, a custom-crafted vinyl replacement window factory, were informed last Tuesday that as of 10 AM Friday morning, the factory would close down for good. The workers members of UE Local 1110, immediately contacted their union reps and began to organize a response... Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 10
	LE10-14-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 10-14-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode Gregg Shotwell - GM worker, member of Local 1753 of the UAW, and a leader in the Soldiers of Solidarity (SOS)- and Jerry Tucker - former director of Region 5 of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) and co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal, critique the new contracts between the UAW, and the big three U.S. auto companies... Keywords: labor; union; worker; UAW; United Auto Workers; GM; Ford; Chrysler; auto; labor express; justice; strike; rights; jerry tucker; jerry mead-lucero; center for labor renewal; new directions; SOS; Soldiers of Solidarity; gregg shotwell Downloads: 11
	LE4-27-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Labor Express from 4-27-08 Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago Downloads: 11
	LE5-18-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 5-18-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. This episode focuses on the presentation at the 2008 Labor Notes Conference, by the New Orleans Worker’s Center for Racial Justice, featuring a number of the Indian migrant workers, employees of Signal International in Mississippi, who endured a form a form debt peonage to this major U.S. marine construction company. The situation of the Signal workers is one of the most powerful indictments of the H2B guest worker program ye... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; guest worker; immigrant; india; indian; Signal; Gulf Coast; New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice; Saket Soni; Labor Notes Downloads: 23
	LE5-27-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 5-27-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Features an interview with Jorge Ramirez of the CFL about the historic victory of numerous labor supported Aldermanic candidates in the 2007 Chicago City Council Elections. Also features an Interview with Luis Gutierrez, Executive Director of Latinos Progressando, about the first ever Latin American Migrant Community Summit (Cumbre) held in April in MichoacÃ¡n Mexico. Keywords: labor; labor express; union; worker; justice; election; immigrant; migrant; latino; Latin America; Cumbre; Aldermanic; Chicago; Luis Gutierrez; Latinos Progressando; Chicago Federation of Labor; Jorge Ramirez; CFL Downloads: 34
	Mark Meinster Day 4 of Republic Occupation - Jerry Mead-Lucero Negotiations between the UE, the management of Republic Windows & Doors and Bank of America ended without a resolution on Day 4 of the workers occupation. Mark Meinster, International Representative for UE talks about the state of the struggle to win the Republic their just due. Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 31
	Voices from Republic Occupation Victory - Jerry Mead-Lucero Voices from Republic Occupation Victory Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 11
	LE12-9-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 12-9-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Part 2 of our focus on the Chicago Committee Against No Match Letters and the ICE Raid Rapid Response Network. In this episode, Tim Bell of the Chicago Workers Collaborative talks about the no-match crisis and efforts to make Chicago a no-match letter, ICE raid free zone. Also, Emmanuel Castro talks about his struggle against no-match firings at Utility Concrete Products in Morris IL., and the initial reluctance of his union, L... Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; organizing; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; Chicago Committee Against No Match Letters; rapid response network; immigrant; ICE; Chicago Workers Collaborative; Emmanuel Castro; Tim Bell; Laborers Local 25 Downloads: 35
	LE9-9-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 9-9-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Interview with Tim Bell of The Chicago Worker’s Collaborative, about the proposed policies changes by the Dept. Homeland Security in-regards to the Social Security “no match letters”, which could result in massive firings of undocumented and documented immigrant workers. Socorro Leos of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA!), talks about the struggles of migrant workers on the Gulf Coast, post-Katrina. Keywords: labor; labor express; union; worker; justice; rights; Mississippi; MIRA!; immigrant; Socorro Leos; Katrina; Pascagoula; no match; social security; Tim Bell; Homeland Security Downloads: 31
	Carl Rosen City Hall Republic Occupation - Jerry Mead-Lucero Carl Rosen, President of the Western Region of the United Electrical Workers Union (UE) talks at Chicago City Hall press conference on the ongoing occupation of Republic Windows and Doors by it's workers. He announces that the union is seeking a means to keep the factory in operation under new management. Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 6
	LE10-28-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 10-28-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Interviews with Chrysler workers at the Belvidere, IL. assembly plant as the voted on a new contract. Live in studio appearance of Richard Berg, President elect of Teamsters Local 743. After years of fighting the corrupt old guard, the reformers swept the recent 743 elections. Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; organizing; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; Teamsters; Local 743; UAW; Chrysler Downloads: 12
	BaldemarVelasquezLaborNotes08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), delivers a powerful speech at the 2008 Labor Notes conference. Keywords: FLOC; farm workers; labor; union; immigrants Downloads: 25
	Final Press Conference Republic Factory Occupation - Jerry Mead-Lucero Final Press Conference Republic Factory Occupation Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 16
	Labor Express For 10-19-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 10-19-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode we take a look at the real ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). The mainstream media has portrayed the organization as if it was created to carry out vote fraud on behalf of Democratic candidates. In reality, ACORN is the most successful community organizing network in U.S. history and has worked to empower poor and working class communities around the country... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago Downloads: 4
	AnitaChan-LaborNotes08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Leading scholar on workers in contemporary China, Anita Chan, discusses recent developments in the Chinese labor movement at 2008 Labor Notes conference. Keywords: China; Labor; rights; unions Downloads: 30
	Labor Express For 11-30-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 11-30-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Curly Cohen of Affordable Power to the People talks about the 100,000 households in Illinois whose home heating has been cut off because they canât afford their utility bills. Alan Benjamin, Executive Committee member of the San Francisco Labor Council, who supported Cynthia McKinney in the recently past Presidential election, discuss the meaning of Barack Obamaâs victory for working people in the United States... Keywords: UAW; autoworkers; GM; Ford; Chrysler; auto industry; utilities; home heating; Curly Cohen; Affordable Power; Barack Obama; Cynthia McKinney; Elections; workers; union; labor; Chicago; Illinois Downloads: 12
	SocorroLeos1 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Interview with Socorro Leos of MIRA!(Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance) about the struggles of workers in Pascagoula, MS. post-Katrina, and the conditions faced by guest workers in the shipyards of the Gulf Coast. Keywords: immigrant; workers; labor; justice; katrina; Pascagoula; Mississippi; mira; labor express; gulf coast; jerry; mead-lucero; socorro; leos Downloads: 29
	Gregg Shotwell UAW Contracts 07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Greg Shotwell is a GM worker, a member of Local 1753 of the UAW, and a leader in the Soldiers of Solidarity (SOS) organization within the UAW. SOS seeks to end the concessionary cooperation with management that typifies the UAW leadership in recent years and to stem the decline of wages, working conditions and benefits for auto workers by pushing for a militant fight back strategy against the boss... Keywords: labor; union; worker; UAW; United Auto Workers; GM; Ford; Chrysler; auto; labor express; justice; strike; rights; gregg shotwell; jerry mead-lucero; SOS; Soldiers of Solidarity Downloads: 149
	GreggShotwellUAWStrike - Jerry Mead-Lucero Gregg Shotwell is an auto worker, a member of UAW Local 1753, and one of the founders of Soldiers of Solidarity, an activist group in the UAW which opposes the union leaderships lack of militancy and concessionary bargaining. We started our interview with Greg providing a little background on SOSâ¦ Keywords: Gregg Shotwell; UAW; GM; strike; Labor Express Downloads: 53
	Labor Express For 12-14-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 12-14-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Republic Windows & Doors workers WIN! Only 6 days after under taking the first factory occupation in the United States since the late 1930’s, the workers at Republic Windows & Doors in Chicago defeat both Republic management and Bank of America, winning the severance package they were due under federal law. The action of the workers at Republic was international news within days of the worker’s decision to occupy the facto... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; Republic; Bank of America; bailout; occupation; direct action; Coalition of Immokalee Workers; CIW; Republic Windows and Doors Downloads: 23
	LE6-24-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 6-24-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode, a talk with Chicago Teacherâs Union (CTU) delegate Jackson Potter about the recent CTU elections and the upcoming contract negotiations. Michael Moore speaking at a National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) rally for national health care. Also, some audio from SEIUâs âDreams Across America Tourâ, for immigrant rights. Keywords: labor; labor express; union; worker; justice; rights; immigrant; migrant; latino; Chicago; Michael Moore; NNOC; Nurses; SEIU; CTU; teacher; Jackson Potter; Dreams Across America Downloads: 35
	StewartAcuff2-2 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Section 2 of Part 2 of Stewart Acuff Interview. Keywords: Labor Express Downloads: 13
	Labor Express For 7-6-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full July 6th, 2008 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Part 2 of my interview with James Thindwa, Executive director Of Chicago Jobs with Justice about the crisis in Zimbabwe. James, who emigrated to the United States from Zimbabwe in the 1970's, has remained active in the Zimbabwe solidarity movement in the United States since the mid 70's. James discusses in this interview how the regime of Robert Mugabe degenerated from a liberation movement into a corrupt dictatorship as... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; Zimbabwe; MDC; James Thindwa; Robert Mugabe Downloads: 16
	Labor Express For 6-29-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full June 29th, 2008 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. This episode includes the third and final part of my interview with Mark Brenner of Labor Notes on the 2008 SEIU convention in Puerto Rico. The convention gave a growing reform caucus within the union an opportunity to challenge the direction the union has taken in recent years under the leadership of Andy Stern. The convention also highlighted the anger of Puerto Rican teachers, members of Federación de Maestros de Pu... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; Zimbabwe; MDC; FMPR; SEIU; James Thindwa; Robert Mugabe Downloads: 10
	AmjadAl-Jawhary1 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Amjad Al-Jawhary has paid a high price for his efforts to organize workers in Iraq. In 1995, Amjad had to flee Iraq and the regime of Saddam Hussein, because of his union organizing work. He took up residence in Toronto Canada, but Amjad stays in close contact with his comrades in Iraq. He travels there frequently, and acts as one of the few voices in the west for the for the Iraqi labor movement. I aired an interview with Amjad on the Labor Express radio program in June 2005, as the representat... Keywords: Iraq Downloads: 24
	Amy Goodman 9-11-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Amy Goodman 9-11-08 Keywords: Amy Goodman Downloads: 32
	LE12-23-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 12-23-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Interview with Kim Moody, author of U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition: The Failure of Reform from Above, The Promise of Revival from Below. This new book from Verso Press discuss the decline in union members and power over the past few decades and what can be done to turn the situation around. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs program... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; AFL-CIO; Change to Win; Kim Moody; reform Downloads: 78
	Labor Express for 4-12-09 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 4-19-09 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Episode focuses on an interview with Kim Bobo, Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice and author of the new book Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid—And What We Can Do About It. We discuss various forms of wage theft (how companies steal wages from their employees). Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs program... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; Kim Bobo; wage theft; Department of Labor, Interfaith Worker Justice, WARN Act, Republic; Republic Windows and Doors Downloads: 12
	IAM Spokesperson Connie Kelliher on Boeing Strike - Jerry Mead-Lucero IAM (The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers)Spokesperson Connie Kelliher talkes about the issues behind the strike by 27,000 workers at Boeing. Keywords: Boeing; IAM; Machinists; strike; labor express Downloads: 21
	Imelda Martinez Congress Hotel Striker - Jerry Mead-Lucero Imelda Martinez, employee of the Congress Hotel in Chicago talks about attending the picket line 5 days a week for the past 5 years, at the 5th strike anniversary rally outside the hotel. Keywords: union; labor; strike; chicago; UNITE-HERE; Congress Hotel; worker; Labor Express Downloads: 48
	James Thindwa on Human Rights Zimbabwe - Jerry Mead-Lucero James Thindwa, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs With Justice, discuss the Human Rights crisis in his Homeland of Zimbabwe on CAN TV, August 21st, 2007. Keywords: Zimbabwe; human rights; Mugabe; MDC; Africa; James Thindwa Downloads: 32
	AFSCMEGradyHospitalAtlanta - Jerry Mead-Lucero Nancy Lenk â Deputy Director AFSCME Local 1644, explains the attempt by Atlanta to turn Grady, a public hospital, into a privatized entity. Keywords: privatization; public; labor; union; AFSCME; Atlanta; USSF Downloads: 60
	IWW-Warehouse-sept07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) organizers, Alex van Schaick & Daniel Gross talk about the efforts of the IWW to organize warehouse workers in New York City. The IWW has assisted immigrant latino and asian workers in 8 New York warehouses to fight for better wages, improved working conditions and worker's power on the shop floor. Topics discussed include the unique organizing strategies of the IWW and it's relationship to new forms of worker organizing like worker centers. Keywords: IWW; Industrial Workers of the World; labor; labor express; justice; new york; immigrant; latino; asian; warehouse; union; organizing; worker Downloads: 64
	Labor Express For 10-12-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 10-12-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode we discuss the economic and financial crisis and the $700 billon dollar bailout package passed by the congress with Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor of Economics at St. Mary’s College in California. Dr. Rasmus has been forecasting a serious financial crisis for sometime in the pages of Z Magazine, In These Times, Against the Current and several other publications... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; Jack Rasmus; Financial Crisis; bailout; Wall Street; $700 billon dollar; economic crisis; bank bailout; recession Downloads: 29
	Labor Express For 4-26-09 - Jerry Mead-Lucero Labor Express For 4-26-09 Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago Downloads: 12
	Labor Express For 5-31-09 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 5-31-09 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Is the U.S. government helping bust the United Auto Workers Union (UAW)? What responsibility does the UAW have for the dire straits auto workers now find themselves in? What is the future for the U.S. auto industry and the UAW? All of this and more is discussed with Gregg Shotwell, retired GM/Delphi worker and founder of the Soldiers of Solidarity, a network of auto worker activist who have sought to fight the UAW’s concessio... Keywords: labor; union; worker; UAW; United Auto Workers; GM; Ford; Chrysler; auto; labor express; justice; strike; rights; gregg shotwell; jerry mead-lucero; SOS; Soldiers of Solidarity Downloads: 10
	Labor Express For 7-26-09 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 7-26-09 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode we hear about a new book by Chicago journalist Kari Lyderson on the Republic Windows & Doors factory occupation which took place in Chicago last December. Also the workers at Quad Cities Die Casting in Moline, IL., members of UE Local 1174 are currently engaged in a fight to keep their plant from closing. Will hear from UE organizer Leah Fried about the state of that struggle... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; Quad City diecasting; UE; United Electrical Workers; Moline; Honduras; Leah Fried; Alexy Lanza; Republic Windows and Doors; occupation; Kari Lyderson Downloads: 2