A vigil led by a Wisconsin immigrants rights group and a student-led school walkout are among actions in Madison organized against ICE terror in Minneapolis and elsewhere, labor joins the general community in Minnesota is organizing for a general strike in resistance to ICE there, labor activists in Madison hold a rally to protect Social Security and government office staffing, the largest nurses strike in New York history is on, and Trump administration officials are openly using slogans reminiscent of Nazi Germany on government publications and websites.

The president of National Nurses United speaks to Labor Radio in the wake of the state killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, child care centers are in crisis as Trump cuts childcare subsidies, the president of UE Local 1186 speaks to Labor Radio on his union's stance following the US invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president, Trump targeting of H1B visa holders will effect universities including UW-Madison, 19 states have raised their minimum wage rate as of January 1, the National Labor Relations Board backs the Teamsters by declining an injunction demand from Amazon, and the American Federation of Teachers is suing Texas for violating the free speech rights of teachers.

Labor Radio collective members Greg Geboski, Robin Gee, Joanne Powers, Jeannine Ramsey, Keith Steffen, and Carol Weidel are in the WORT studios to discuss labor stories and themes we covered in 2025.

The national Starbucks strike led by Starbucks Workers United continues at four stores in the Madison area, the Labor Department is back to issuing a monthly jobs report and Labor Radio takes a closer look, the Trump Administration again unilaterally voids the collective bargaining agreement covering Transportation Security Administration workers and Labor Radio speaks to the president of TSA AFGE Local 777, New York State sues UPS claiming the company owes millions in unpaid wages, table card dealers at Horseshoe Indianapolis casino join Teamsters Local 135 after a 50 day recognition strike and the Local 135 president talks to Labor Radio, and we hear some union voices at the annual South Central Federation of Labor holiday party at the Madison Labor Temple.

Wisconsin state workers unions rally as the  Joint Committee on Employment Relations legislative committee continues to hold up their compensation, Wisconsin dairy workers have authorized a strike as milk companies pull back on safety and compensation, a fourth Madison area Starbucks store joins the nationwide strike and Starbucks workers get a legal win in New York City over widespread Starbucks labor violations, educator unions are working to get the cost of funding private school vouchers in print in local property tax bills, and the 37th annual Holiday in Lights sponsored by IBEW Local 159 is taking place in Madison's Olin Park.

Labor Radio hears from the picket line as the national Starbucks strike for a good faith bargained contract reaches Madison, the president of IBEW Local 2304 talks to Labor Radio after meeting with the WORT board of directors in the wake of the firing of two unionized staff collective members, and a filmmaker behind Baristas vs. Billionaires on the Starbucks unionization fight speaks to WORT. THIS IS A PLEDGE WEEK EDITION. Feel free to donate at www.wortfm.org

Labor Radio for Friday, November 28, 2025, was an all-music show. The show is at the WORT archive for three months at archive.wortfm.org. Look for Labor Radio for Friday, November 28, listed at 5:30 p.m.

The Building Trades Council and community members speaking at a public meeting are on opposite sides on building a data center in the DeForest area and Labor Radio hears from both side, new owners of Milwaukee Forge agree to keep the company open and retain union jobs, leaked documents detail how Amazon intends to slash jobs within three years using automation, Amazon drivers at a Kentucky facility march on the boss and declare their membership in Teamsters Local 89, A proposed GOP-sponsored would gut the National Labor Relations Act but another would return collective bargaining rights to federal employees, and Workers Justice Wisconsin will hold workshops in December on your protections from wage theft and other legal rights for workers,

WORT lays off two union members and Labor Radio talks to the president of IBEW Local 2304, writer Eric Blanc says the the deal to end the federal government shutdown shows fissures in organized labor and a missed opportunity to exercise worker power, a federal court ruling gives a big win to NewsGuild workers who have been on strike for over three years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Labor Radio talks to a striker there, striking Machinists at Boeing in Missouri and Illinois are going back to work after accepting a newly bargained agreement, unionized baristas of Starbucks Workers United across the country walk out on the coffee behemoth's Red Cup Day promotion, and KFC restaurant employees across Wisconsin win a unanimous jury verdict granting them unpaid overtime.

UAW President Shawn Fain gives a nationwide town hall to members and the public, labor marches at US Senator Ron Johnson's Madison office to protest his role in the federal government shutdown, unionized Starbucks workers in Madison vote to authorize a national unfair labor practices strike and hold an early picket, UAW Local 95 settles its strike at Mercy Health East clinic in Janesville, the president of UE Local 1186 representing Madison area workers at Willy Street Coop discusses that union's call for support of Palestinians, the US has steep job losses but one can't tell from the monthly Department of Labor jobs report because after 77 years no report was issued, and publishing giant Conde Nast guts the staff and the labor reporting at Teen Vogue.