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:

April 30, 2015 Joe Hill’s Last Will with John McCutcheon
It’s a hundred years since IWW organizer and songwriter Joe Hill was executed by the State of Utah. Hear his story and his music this week on the Heartland Labor […]
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April 30, 2015 Joe Hill's Last Will with John McCutcheon
It’s a hundred years since IWW organizer and songwriter Joe Hill was executed by the State of Utah. Hear his story and his music this week on the Heartland Labor Forum.
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59min
April 21, 2015 Pioneer Women: UAW 31’s Vicky Hale and Adjunct Professors Organize
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Meet Vicky Hale – the new President at UAW Local 31. As their first ever woman Prez, she’s a Pioneer Woman. Last week, […]
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April 21, 2015 Pioneer Women: UAW 31’s Vicky Hale and Adjunct Professors Organize
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Meet Vicky Hale – the new President at UAW Local 31. As their first ever woman Prez, she’s a Pioneer Woman. Last week, adjunct professors raised hell along with fast food and other …
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April 13, 2015 From Public to Charter to Virtual: What’s Next for the Schools?
The attack on public education has become an onslaught starting from the heights of the American Legislative Exchange Council and subverting institutions from Kindergarten through higher education with the myth […]
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April 13, 2015 From Public to Charter to Virtual: What’s Next for the Schools?
The attack on public education has become an onslaught starting from the heights of the American Legislative Exchange Council and subverting institutions from Kindergarten through higher education with the myth that public is bad and a failure. Hear about the …
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April 07, 2015 Current Labor Struggles in Oil and Auto and on the Docks
Some big union contracts are up this year. Will they begin a turnaround in labor’s fortunes? There was a near strike on the West Coast docks by the International Longshore […]
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59min
April 07, 2015 Current Labor Struggles in Oil and Auto and on the Docks
Some big union contracts are up this year. Will they begin a turnaround in labor’s fortunes? There was a near strike on the West Coast docks by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union; The Oil Workers had an unprecedented strike …
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59min
April 03, 2015 Teaching in Brownbakistan and Manual Labor: Groped on the Assembly Line
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to Kansas teachers about teaching in Brownbackistan. Then, we ask why are Chicago Ford workers having to sue to get their company and union to do something about rampant sexual harassment …
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March 27, 2015 Dorothy Sue Cobble: Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements and Metropolitan Community Colleges Facul
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview Dorothy Sue Cobble, one of the authors of Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women’s Movements. It’s about the little told and continuous movement of working class women for …
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58min

FAQs about Heartland Labor Forum:

How many episodes does Heartland Labor Forum have?

The podcast currently has 870 episodes available.