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This podcast tracks the audio archives for the “Heartland Labor Forum” radio show. The Heartland Labor Forum is Kansas City’s only program about the workplace. It’s radio that talks back to the boss! Whether you’re a union member or your workplace isn’t organized, Heartland Labor Forum (HLF) has stories for you, guaranteed to inspire, educate, or enrage you.

What Are they Cookin’ up This year in Jeff City? and Marijuana Dispensary Workers Organize

What’s the Missouri legislature cookin’ up this session? Bills are being proposed that would assault people’s rights and attack public education. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask Missouri Representatives Ashley Aune and Aaron Crossley about this toxic stew. Then, they say the whole world is literally going...

02/19/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPodComments Off

A Dictator Goes on Trial and Hamilton Nolan: The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor

Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez goes on trial this month in New York for drug trafficking. Honduran workers faced repression, corruption and forced migration during his reign. We’ll ask whether the US and Canada should be held accountable for supporting his regime. Then, we’ll talk to journalist Hamilton Nolan, about...

02/14/2024

By Judy Ancel#HondurasNow, #LaborRadioPodComments Off

Organized Labor and the Civil Rights Movement

We all remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for his legacy in the civil rights movement. Maybe you know he was shot while supporting a strike of garbage collectors in Memphis. But we bet you don’t know about the broad role many labor unions played in supporting civil rights or...

02/08/2024

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Work Under Occupation and Unions Come Out for Ceasefire in Gaza

We’ll find out what it’s like to work and support your family as refugees in your own land. We’ll talk to two Palestinians about jobs, wages, and the war. Then On December 1st, the UAW was among the first major unions to join the call for a ceasefire agreement in...

01/29/2024

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The Work of a Jazz Musician and Some Great Labor Songs

We’ll have a tribute to music, labor and musicians. The Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra is a tuition free cultural immersion education and performance non-profit orchestra. We talk with bandleader Pablo Sanhueza about the integral relationship between his work as a musician and his passion for social justice. Then music has...

01/23/2024

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Is Trump a Fascist? and Kevin Hendrickson of Pipefitters Local 533

Is Trump a Fascist? More and more experts are saying “yes he is.” So, what’s a fascist? And how, if Trump wins in November, could working people be hurt by a fascist takeover of our government”? That’s our first topic this week. Then, Pipefitters install, repair, and maintain piping systems....

01/15/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPod, #pipefitters533Comments Off

Foxconned by Lawrence Tabak and The Chevron Deference Case: A Corporate Power Grab?

We'll talk to journalist Lawrence Tabak, author of Foxconned, on how the Taiwanese company conned former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and how corporations transfer taxpayer money to themselves benefitting consultants, politicians, and contractors. Then, the Supreme Court will soon decide a case involving the interpretation of regulations by the National...

01/11/2024

By Judy Ancel@Heartland_Labor, #LaborRadioPodComments Off

The Best of 2023 on the Heartland Labor Forum

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ve got a rerun of our Thanksgiving show, which we’re betting you missed. Tune in and appreciate the work of our volunteer programmers throughout 2023 as we play clips of some of our best shows highlighting labor events of 2023. You’ll hear about...

01/01/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPodComments Off