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...
Despite a number of attempts by the UAW to organize foreign-owned Southern auto plants, there’s been stiff resistance from the foreign companies, politicians, community, and workers themselves. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we interview Stephen J. Silvia who has written the first in-depth assessment of the United Auto...
From the Gilded Age to the 1920s, employers and allies used terrorism to control workplaces and communities. We’ll talk to Chad Pearson, author of Capital’s Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen & Employers and find out how terrorism disempowered the working class and its unions. Then, what’s it like to be a progressive...
The Industrial Workers of the World or IWW is remembered as militant and creative. Its vision was one big union where workers decide what to produce, working conditions, and pay. We’ll talk to Ahmed White, author of Under the Iron Heel which chronicles the dream and its suppression. Then, infrastructure...
IT'S PLEDGE DRIVE. PLEASE CALL OR GO ONLINE TO MAKE A PLEDGE Should the slogan "Good Jobs for All" include the disabled? In Missouri it's not so clear. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll hear from Representative Bridget Walsh Moore on the availability and prognosis for jobs for differently...
As the largest collective bargaining unit in North America, the National UPS agreement with the Teamsters Union is a classic Labor vs Capital stand-off. Both sides are heavily dug-in and well-fortified, the clock is ticking toward the July 31, expiration. Tune in Thursday to the Heartland Labor Forum to...
Wage theft is more common than we think, especially against immigrant workers whose employers often skip out without paying them for their work. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to Rebecca Berke Galemba about her new book Laboring for Justice. Then Clay County recently passed a “responsible...
“We don’t trust teachers to teach, we’re banning books, we’re doing educational gag orders, but now because of the politics, we trust them to carry a loaded firearm.” So says the American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. We’ll talk about gun violence and attacks on public education with her...
