Heartland Labor Forum

It’s all about rights. First, we’ll talk to Trini Murguia from the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division about the many laws they enforce from child labor to […]

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Many candidates call for less government regulation, nursing homes need more. Workers complain of unsafe staffing, and poverty wages and owners who view patient bodies only as profit centers. This […]

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We celebrate the 80th birthday of Si Kahn, singer, songwriter, author, organizer, and activist. We’ll hear a few tracks from his new album, Labor Day: A Tribute to Hardworking People […]

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We will feature two Books. First, in Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age author Debbie Goldman shows how workers struggle for good jobs against […]

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Immigration polls as a top issue for voters this Fall. We’ll talk about the candidates’ positions on the border, asylum, and jobs and also ask where’s the invasion. Then, we’ll […]

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Will you get a pension when you retire? Pensions have been disappearing for decades, and now companies like AT&T are selling off their pensions to insurance companies. Find out why […]

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Ever wonder why every system we deal with is on the verge of overload? In the 1980’s management adopted “Lean Production” to keep workers and consumers constantly under stress and […]

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On the last day of its 2024 session, the Missouri legislature put ranked choice voting on the August ballot. Already ten states outlaw it. Will Missouri voters do the same? […]

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The show is all about worker and citizen frustration with unresponsive public institutions. First the Post Office. We’ll ask American Postal Workers President MARK DIMONDSTEIN what the hell is wrong […]

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Asset managers today like Blackstone and BlackRock own our roads, our water, schools, homes, farmland and hospitals.  This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll talk to Brett Christophers, author […]

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