Heartland Labor Forum

By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio

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 ... more

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The podcast currently has 870 episodes available.

Heartland Labor Forum episodes:

December 02, 2016 All the Single Working Ladies and BRIDJ to Gig or a Good Union Job?
Women are now the majority of the workforce. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we ask how money, work, marriage and divorce mix these days. Then, you’ve probably seen the shiny new BRIDJ vans around town. They’ve got union …
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1h
November 25, 2016 The New Overtime Rules and Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind
Are you exempt from overtime pay on your job? New rules going into effect December 1st may entitle you to extra pay if you work more than forty hours in […]
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1h 4min
November 25, 2016 The New Overtime Rules and Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind
Are you exempt from overtime pay on your job? New rules going into effect December 1st may entitle you to extra pay if you work more than forty hours in a week. This week’s Heartland Labor Forum explains the new …
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1h 4min
November 17, 2016 Student Debt: The New Indentured Servitude
Are you looking at a lifetime of debt slavery to pay off your college education? Tune in this week to the Heartland Labor Forum as economist Hossein Bahmaie and researcher […]
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56min
November 17, 2016 Student Debt: The New Indentured Servitude
Are you looking at a lifetime of debt slavery to pay off your college education? Tune in this week to the Heartland Labor Forum as economist Hossein Bahmaie and researcher Allyson Fredericksen explore the explosion of student debt and its …
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56min
November 10, 2016 Teachers and Administrators Defend the KCMO Schools
Our schools are under attack. Recently the Kansas City Call asked whether the KCMO School District, with its low test scores, should even have partial accreditation. This week on the […]
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58min
November 10, 2016 Teachers and Administrators Defend the KCMO Schools
Our schools are under attack. Recently the Kansas City Call asked whether the KCMO School District, with its low test scores, should even have partial accreditation. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, KCMO Public School Teachers push back. Hear …
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58min
November 04, 2016 St. Louis Higher Ed organizing: Is It Becoming a Movement?
College teachers are organizing unions in St. Louis. In an age where over half of college teachers are part-timers, they’re organizing and winning representation elections. They’ve won recognition with SEIU […]
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59min
November 04, 2016 St. Louis Higher Ed organizing: Is It Becoming a Movement?
College teachers are organizing unions in St. Louis. In an age where over half of college teachers are part-timers, they’re organizing and winning representation elections. They’ve won recognition with SEIU at four St. Louis area colleges and universities and now …
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59min
October 27, 2016 The Mythology of Work: How Capitalism Persists Despite Itself and The First War on Terror 1919
Join us for this week’s Heartland Labor Forum as we focus on some of the earliest victims of the US War on Terror – Italian-Americans. We will talk with a […]
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57min

FAQs about Heartland Labor Forum:

How many episodes does Heartland Labor Forum have?

The podcast currently has 870 episodes available.