Show: Labor Express for 1-25-2026 - Minneapolis “general strike” of Jan. 23rd 2026 and Jackson Potter on Trump Admin. Harassment of the CTU

About this episode

The episode discusses the Minneapolis general strike and features Jackson Potter discussing the Trump administration's harassment of the Chicago Teachers Union.

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 administration's harassment of the union. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest 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 Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

People in this episode

Host: Jerry Mead - Lucero

Guest: Jackson Potter

Topics covered

• general strike
• labor news
• union harassment
• Chicago Teachers Union
• Trump administration
• Minneapolis

Keywords

• labor express
• general strike
• Jackson Potter
• Chicago Teachers Union
• Trump administration
• union harassment
• Minneapolis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Teachers Union, Trump administration

Places: Minneapolis

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