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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.

Block the Boat LA and These Roses Have Thorns: Colombian Flower Workers

On August 16, thousands of Palestinian solidarity activists convened at the Port of Oakland and blocked workers from the Longshore union - ILWU from unloading an Israeli cargo ship. The movement to “Block the boat for Gaza” is growing. Find out about it this week on the Heartland Labor Forum....

11/10/2014

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Til the Rulers Obey: Rebel Voices from Latin America and Homecare Workers

“A wave of change rolled through Latin America at the turn of the 21st-century bringing calls for broad participation and democratically drafted constitutions.” That's the beginning of a book called Until the Rulers Obey; Voices from Latin American Social Movements. It’s full of inspiring stories of activism. This week on...

11/04/2014

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21st-century Ford workers

Young auto workers today make far less than their older coworkers. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll have a conversation with 21st-century Ford workers about their hopes, their jobs, and their compensation. Then our pioneer woman of the month is a young Latina who ran Obama’s 2012 campaign...

10/27/2014

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Elections: Hot Races in Kansas and Missouri

There are lots of hot election races in Kansas this year and a few even in Missouri. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we'll talk to some insiders: Courtney Cole for Missouri and Mary O'Halloran for Kansas. Tune in at 6PM Thursday, rebroadcast Friday at 5AM.

10/22/2014

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Privatization: What’s the Cost? and Stopping Privatization in KC

As state and local governments outsource important public functions to for-profit companies, what happens to workers and their communities? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll find out from In The Public Interest about how outsourcing public services rewards corporations and punishes the middle class. Then we’ll talk to...

10/14/2014

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Denied Unemployment? Help Is on the Way and Assessing the Fast Food Campaign, Its Triumphs and Future

Denied unemployment? Help is on the way. UMKC has a clinic to help people appeal the denial of claims. That’s this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Also, the movement of fast food workers in Kansas City and across the country is growing and it’s intensifying its tactics. What has...

09/30/2014

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Reviving the Public Sector Strike and Blowing the Whistle on Unsafe Work

A few decades ago, Kansas City had teachers and firefighters strikes, but it's been years. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we interview Joe Burns, who thinks we should bring back the public sector strike. Then, the Obama administration has been touch on whistleblowers, but there's a program at...

09/22/2014

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Teachers Unite Against Amendment 3 & “Parasitic Finance Capital”

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, St. Louis money bags Rex Sinquefield is behind Amendment 3 on the Missouri November ballot, another state constitutional amendment. It would pay teachers on the basis of student test scores. Teachers, administrators, and parents are joining together against this latest “blame the teacher”...

09/15/2014

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