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Heartland Labor Forum
Heartland Labor Forum is Kansas City's only program about the workplace. It is produced by and for our working people. We have been agitating on the air since 1989. Find out who is busting unions and who is fighting back. We are a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network #laborradiopod
Do rural working-class people vote against their economic interests because of cultural issues, or could something else be pushing them to vote conservative? Shane Hamilton’s book, Trucking Country: The Road to America’s Walmart Economy, has an answer, and he’ll be on the Heartland Labor Forum this week. Then, do you know which two casinos in KC have unions to represent many of the workers? Do you know what union it is? We’ll talk to Amber Gibson of SEATU. Here’s a hint: casinos are boats.
