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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.

Our Walmart Relaunch, & Should Police Unions Be in the House of Labor?

Our Walmart is relaunching for the holiday season. Find out how this union buster could be affected this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Then, some union members are asking: Should police unions be in the House of Labor? Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at 5am.

09/29/2015

By Jen ZamanComments Off

Jessica Neuwirth: Bring Back the ERA and Is Charter Partners Just Sneaky Privatization?

In the 1970s, there was a huge effort to pass an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. It narrowly failed, and Equality Now’s Jessica Neuwirth says it’s time to bring back the ERA. Find out why this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Then why is the Kansas City School...

09/22/2015

By Jen ZamanComments Off

Will There Be a British Labor Party Resurrection with JC? and More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing

Like the Democrats in the U.S., the British Labour Party has been moving to the right. Now British unions are backing an outspoken socialist for leader of the Labour Party. This week, the Heartland Labor Forum goes to England to ask a leader of the locomotive engineers union, “Can Jeremy...

08/29/2015

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Women’s Equality Week – Two Pioneer Working Women Tell Their Stories

It’s Women’s Equality Week on the Heartland Labor Forum. We’ll interview two Pioneer Working Women. First, Janet Smith organized and became President of the Faculty Union at University of Illinois Chicago. When the administration split the non-tenured and tenured faculty in two, she insisted on bargaining together. Second, Jacki Chadwick...

08/24/2015

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Rev. William Barber: America Lacks Heart and Bad Ass Teachers Unite

Reverend William Barber has inspired thousands in the Moral Mondays Movement in North Carolina and across the nation. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll hear why he says: America Lacks Heart. Then, teachers are fighting back against the attacks. Meet Bad Ass Teachers Unite. Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast...

08/14/2015

By Jen ZamanComments Off

Bullies In The Workplace

Bullies. They’re on the playground, in our homes, in the workplace and government. Is bullying on the rise or are we just more willing to name it and stand up against it? This week’s Heartland Labor Forum looks at workplace bullying and how to fight back. Thursdays at 6pm, rebroadcast...

08/08/2015

By Jen ZamanComments Off

A Socialist for President? Not the First Time and When Tenure Goes, What Happens to Academic Freedom?

With a Socialist running for President as a Democrat, the Heartland Labor Forum decided to look at socialists from the past who ran. Join us for trip back to the first part of the 20th century and the campaigns of Eugene Debs and Norman Thomas. How did they do? Are...

07/31/2015

By Jen ZamanComments Off

Honduras: Laboratory for Privatization

Every week since late May, thousands of Hondurans take to the streets in torch marches to protest the theft of millions of dollars of their health care funds by government officials, including the President. The U.S. media barely mentions it. Tune in to the Heartland Labor Forum this week for...

07/27/2015

By Mike MurphyComments Off