Heartland Labor Forum

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Heartland Labor Forum episodes

May 07, 2020 May Day from Quarantine and A Primer on the New Pandemic Paid Leave Law, the FFCRA
We’re celebrating May Day from Quarantine by remembering labor’s struggle and the extraordinary contributions of some ordinary folks who led us. Then, we’ll do a primer on the FFCRA – […]
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1 hr 1 min
April 28, 2020 “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook”
How do you rig an election? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we investigate the playbook for voter suppression with activist William Waheed and Mac Heller, producer of the […]
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59 min
April 23, 2020 “The Southern Key” & Missouri Jobs Centers Amid COVID-19
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to historian Michael Goldfield about his new book The Southern Key: Class, Race, and Radicalism in the 1930s and 40s. Goldfield argues the key to understanding American politics for the last 75 years lies in the Southern class struggle in that period. Then, we’ll talk to Jim Kolve, the Missouri AFL-CIO’s dislocated worker coordinator about Missouri Jobs Centers, which he calls the hospitals for a sick economy. Tune in Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at 5am.
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April 16, 2020 Homeless in Quarantine & Working Safely In A Pandemic
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to Morning Glory Ministries about the plight of the homeless in quarantine. Then, how do you work safely in a pandemic, and what are your rights? We’ll hear from Heartland Labor Forum Safety First’s Mary Erio, an industrial hygienist. Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at 5am.
1 hr 1 min
April 09, 2020 Pat Jones Maclin – KC Labor’s Conscience COVID 19 and your rights as workers
Since she retired as a union rep for the teachers union, Pat Jones Maclin has built bridges between organized labor in Kansas City and the Black community, working to overcome […]
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59 min
April 02, 2020 Can Medicare for All Beat Union Healthcare? and Dismantling Labor Rights at the NLRB
Opponents of Medicare for All say it would be inferior to union negotiated health care plans. Tune in to the Heartland Labor Forum this week to find out if Medicare […]
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1 hr 1 min
April 02, 2020 Can Medicare for All Beat Union Healthcare? and Dismantling Labor Rights at the NLRB
Opponents of Medicare for All say it would be inferior to union negotiated health care plans. Tune in to the Heartland Labor Forum this week to find out if Medicare for All is actually a Cadillac health care plan, better even than healthcare plans enjoyed by the highest paid union workers. Then we’ll talk to […]
1 hr 1 min
March 24, 2020 Is TIF Socialism for Corporations?
Giving corporate developers your tax dollars has long been a controversial issue in the Metro. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk with members of the League of […]
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59 min
March 18, 2020 Selma at 55 and How Bad Is Voter Suppression?
It’s 55 years since 600 voting rights marchers attempted to cross the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma Alabama on their way to Montgomery 50 miles away. They were brutally beaten […]
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1 hr 1 min
March 10, 2020 Should KC Agree to Zone in Vision Quest? Understanding Socialism
A private for profit company named Vision Quest is seeking a zoning change to set up a jail for immigrant youth whose only crime is coming to America, and immigrant […]
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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…