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...
Jenny Brown’s new book Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work has been described as an audacious analysis of the falling U.S. birth rate. She uncovers the ugly truth behind the so-called pro-family agenda. Is there really a birth strike going on? Find out when we spend the Heartland...
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to Ray Brescia, author of The Future of Change; How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions. We’ll ask him about how communications technology is shaping the Black Lives Matter movement. Then, Kansas Secretary of Labor Delia Garcia inherited an antiquated unemployment system just...
A private for profit company named Vision Quest is seeking a zoning change to set up a jail for immigrant youth whose only crime is coming to America, and immigrant rights groups say, “Not in our town.” Hear about it this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Then: can you...
Jenny Brown’s new book Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work has been described as an audacious analysis of the falling U.S. birth rate. She uncovers the ugly truth behind the so-called pro-family agenda. Is there really a birth strike going on? Find out when we spend the Heartland...
