As the legislature considers expanding charter schools, The Heartland Labor Forum will look at the pros and cons of charters. Will they expand beyond St. Louis and Kansas City? What’s their record in academic achievement? Are they good for minority kids? Are they good for teachers? Will they lead to...
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, Judy Morgan interviews Tammy Queen, the Kansas City Missouri Finance Director about the KCMO earnings tax renewal. She ask how much our sales and property taxes will rise if it’s defeated in the April 6th vote. Then, Mike Stout, author of The Homestead...
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we ask “What difference does a union make?” Prof. Mark Anner talked to union and non-union banana workers in Guatemala, we’ll talk to him. Then - is it David against Goliath? That's what people are calling the effort to unionize the Amazon Warehouse...
