Another Madison hospital wants to go union as St. Mary and Dean Nurses United is announced, Cap Times reporters talk about how they joined NewsGuild-CWA, Wisconsin's largest teachers union coalition announces their gubernatorial endorsement, a University of Wisconsin-Madison labor-student coalition speaks up on May Day 2026, women and minorities hit even worse in weak April employment numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a worker tells Labor Radio that Rogers Behavioral Health has fired three workers it suspended on the day of a union recognition election, Milwaukee workers of Landmark Credit Union Live have joined MASH, and workers at Meriter Hospital will hold a rally for a new contract on May 15 in Madison.

Labor Radio airs voices of some of the attendees of Madison's version of the nationwide No Work No School No Shopping rallies across the nation on May 1st 2026, the president of Madison Teachers Inc. explains why the union is supporting the student call to close school on May Day, the president of South Central Federation of Labor speaks on May Day and what is ahead for labor, MTI rallies for a promised administrative action on salary compression, Madison labor recognizes the annual April 28 Workers Memorial Day, and the nation's largest commuter railroad may strike.

Workers at Rogers Behavioral Health in Madison and West Allis overwhelmingly vote to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers but not without drama at one voting place, the president of Madison Teachers Inc. discusses how teachers face salary compression and an upcoming rally to protest it, labor council president Nick Webber discusses the impact of the closing of the Northern Metal Fabrication plant in Baldwin, Madison labor loins groups across the country in calling for May Day Strong in 2026, AFSCME endorses Ben Gruber in a state assembly race, and Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns as the Trump administration labor secretary.