Is there a shortage of high tech workers? Do we need to raise the quota for high tech guest workers? Do they undercut the wages of Americans? We’ll find out on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum, where we’ll also revisit …

This week’s Heartland Labor Forum is about organizing, politics, and money. Here’s the lineup: Eric Mann has a new book out called Playbook for Progressives: 16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer. This book is an organizing manifesto for the twenty-first …

On October 11th-13th, longtime labor activists from all over the U.S. and Canada will hold a conference at the University of Missouri-St. Louis to memorialize labor strategist Jerry Tucker, sum up his legacy and vision and discuss the future of …

On this week’s edition of Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to lawyer Fred Wickham about the problems teachers face when falsely accused of abusing students; then, we’ll find out about how the Chicago Public Schools bulldozed a library set up …

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll deal with two issues. The first is a recap on last week’s Missouri veto session with Rep. Judy Morgan.  Then, we take a look at the increasing attacks on bus drivers and …

Is it a new AFL-CIO? We’ll be almost live, from the convention. The AFL-CIO in its buildup to its convention this week said it would take bold, decisive action to answer the challenges of working people and unions today. On this week’s …

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we asked people at the Labor Day Parade “What’s a good job?” You’ll hear their answers. And speaking of good jobs, we’ll talk to Vickie Tarpley, parade and picnic organizer, and ask who …

“With unionized labor, a level of decency and fairness can be achieved in establishing wages and working conditions.” ~~Ed Asner, actor, union leader and all-around agitator Hear Judy Ancel chat with legendary actor and Kansas City treasure Ed Asner on …

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we look at what’s happening to our right to privacy: Edward Snowden was not the first. Before him came NSA whistleblowers William Binney, Thomas Andrews Drake, Mark Klein, Thomas Tamm, and Russ Tice.  …

Congress is on its August recess and activists for and against immigration reform are cranking up the volume. On this week’s Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask whether immigration reform is stalled out in the House. Will they pass a real …