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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March 20, 2015 The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Another Corporate Power Grab
Last week, the Missouri Trade Justice Coalition hosted a forum called The Transpacific Partnership: Another Corporate Power Grab. Environmentalists, farmers, unions, and human rights organizations all participated. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll rebroadcast highlights from the event. …
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March 13, 2015 Our Walmart Gets a Raise and Singout with Pat Wynne
Wal-Mart workers just got a raise. How did that happen? Could it be that Wal-Mart workers have finally got Bentonville scared they’ll unionize? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to a representative from Our Wal-Mart. Then we …
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58min
March 05, 2015 Right to Work and Paycheck Deception: Partners in Crime
From Madison, Wisconsin to Jefferson City, Missouri, the union busters are hijacking our labor rights. In Missouri, so-called Right to Work and Paycheck Protection bills have become partners in crimes against working people. Hear about it this week on the …
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February 27, 2015 Why Does the Boss Have All the Rights?
Americans pride themselves on our freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution, but few realize that when they enter the workplace, their civil liberties are left outside. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask why the boss gets all the …
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February 19, 2015 Teachers on the March
Governors and State legislators are still messing with public education. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll look at how Kansas and Missouri teachers are fighting back. In Kansas they’re putting on their walking shoes and will march to …
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55min
February 09, 2015 Fast Track to Oblivion: The New Secret Trade Deal
In the next 30 days the Obama Administration will begin its campaign to pass the biggest NAFTA-style trade deal ever: the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Ever heard of it? Probably not.
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February 03, 2015 Partying Like It’s 1928: the NO KANT Legislatures
The lobbyist cash is flowing just like Koch with a K. From Topeka to Jeff City, they’re serving up a toxic feast of union busting, anti-work bills. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll peruse the menu and learn …
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1h 1min
January 27, 2015 Nomi Prins: All the Presidents’ Bankers and Ed Baptist Half the Story: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, it’s all about money and power. We interview finance expert Nomi Prins on her book All the Presidents’ Bankers then to circle back to a neglected part of the story, we’ll talk to …
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January 19, 2015 Obama Immigration Executive Action: a Big Opportunity for Unions
What’s Obama’s Executive Action for immigrants all about? Can the anti-immigrant politicians block them? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll explore these questions and ask how unions and workers can benefit as millions of undocumented immigrants gain permission …
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1h 4min
January 13, 2015 Police and the Community from One Struggle KC to Community Policing
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask: Is Kansas City like Ferguson? We talk to police critics from One Struggle KC and we talk to the police about an alternative: community policing. Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at …
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1h 1min

FAQs about Heartland Labor Forum:

How many episodes does Heartland Labor Forum have?

The podcast currently has 870 episodes available.