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.

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July 18, 2016 The New Operating Engineers Union Health Clinic: Will It Start a Trend?
Last month, Kansas City based union Operating Engineers Local 101 opened its own healthcare facility, the Union Health and Wellness Center for union members and their families. The union says it’s a groundbreaking concept. The Heartland Labor Forum will visit …
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July 11, 2016 Do Harley’s Dreams of Personal Freedom Include Its Workers?
Harley-Davidson used to be famous for its cooperative labor relations. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask union leaders if Harley’s dreams of personal freedoms still extend to […]
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July 11, 2016 Do Harley’s Dreams of Personal Freedom Include Its Workers?
Harley-Davidson used to be famous for its cooperative labor relations. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask union leaders if Harley’s dreams of personal freedoms still extend to its workers. Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at 5am.
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July 04, 2016 The UAW Identity Crisis: Is It Still An Auto Union? Green Party Candidate Jill Stein on Labor, the Economy and Immigration (first of a series on candidates)
The UAW now has 30,000 members who work at universities. They don’t think like autoworkers. This week on The Heartland Labor Forum we’ll ask if the UAW is headed for […]
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July 04, 2016 The UAW Identity Crisis: Is It Still An Auto Union? Green Party Candidate Jill Stein on Labor, the Economy and Immigration (first of a serie
The UAW now has 30,000 members who work at universities. They don’t think like autoworkers. This week on The Heartland Labor Forum we’ll ask if the UAW is headed for an identity crisis. Then, Green Party presidential Candidate Jill Stein …
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June 27, 2016 Teachers March Again and The Management Myth
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Five reasons you should go to the People’s March for public education and social justice in Washington DC July 8-10. Then, what’s management […]
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June 27, 2016 Teachers March Again and The Management Myth
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Five reasons you should go to the People’s March for public education and social justice in Washington DC July 8-10. Then, what’s management expertise good for? Author Matthew Stewart, who wrote The Management …
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June 20, 2016 Pullman Porters: The Making of the Black Middle Class in KC
After the Civil War until World War II, one of the few good jobs open to African American men and a few women as Pullman Porter or Maid. To be […]
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June 20, 2016 Pullman Porters: The Making of the Black Middle Class in KC
After the Civil War until World War II, one of the few good jobs open to African American men and a few women as Pullman Porter or Maid. To be sure, they weren’t treated as equals and had to hustle …
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58min
June 13, 2016 Thomas Frank: Listen Liberal and Postal Banking: Is the Time Now?
KC area native Thomas Frank has written about why Kansans vote against their self-interest and about how the right wing took over America. Now he looks at the Democrats in […]
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FAQs about Heartland Labor Forum:

How many episodes does Heartland Labor Forum have?

The podcast currently has 870 episodes available.