Heartland Labor Forum listeners know that U.S. labor law sucks. Are there places in the world where workers have real rights and employers can’t violate the law with impunity? This week we'll compare labor laws of the U.S. and other countries. Then bankers brought the global economic system to its...
Libertarians and fans of Ayn Rand would like to dismantle our labor laws and any regulations that interfere with the rights of corporations. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll look at a scary example of this, a Bitcoin fantasy colony on the island of Roatan in Honduras. Then,...
Third parties are busting out all over this Spring and on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum. Do 3rd parties "spoil" our elections or strengthen democracy? Labor leader and Socialist candidate for president Eugene Debs once said, "it's better to vote for what you want, and don't get it rather than...
A year ago, a Norfolk Southern train derailed and blanketed East Palestine Ohio with vinyl chloride? We’ll talk to a union rep about the lives impacted, the cleanup and threats to communities like ours. Then author Brian Merchant says there’s Blood in the Machine as he retells the story of...
The debate is raging between labor and activist groups on whether or not to support the 40-year ½ cent sales tax for the Royals to build a new stadium in the Crossroads and to improve Arrowhead Stadium. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll hear from two sides: Ralph...
Two years ago, Missouri lawmakers passed a law to criminalize librarians for giving students books that the legislators think are obscene. As a result, public school libraries have purged science books and art books among others. The ACLU with Missouri librarians filed suit. When will the courts weigh in? Find...
It’s women’s history month and time for some feminist labor history on the Heartland Labor Forum. We’ll ask Mary Ellen Miller how stewardesses at TWA became flight attendants and split from their male-dominated union to form IFFA, the Independent Union of Flight Attendants and about their 1986 strike. Our Feature...
Longtime labor activist and writer Les Leopold has a new book: Wall Street’s War on Workers, which delves into how mass layoffs and stock buybacks enrich shareholders at the expense of workers, their families, and communities. We’ll talk to Les this week on the Heartland Labor Forum about solutions. Then,...
