Heartland Labor Forum

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Heartland Labor Forum episodes

July 19, 2018 A Pension Primer for Young People and AT&T: No Legacy of Respect for Workers
Many people think that getting young workers to think or care about retirement is impossible. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll do a pension primer for young workers. Then, we talk to Communications Workers Local 6450 President Sarah Harreus …
1 hr 1 min
July 12, 2018 UPS: What will Brown Do to You? And The Harvey Girls
Buster Brown – alias UPS – and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have a tentative agreement on the biggest contract since the ’97 strike. Will they end two tier? Will […]
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1 hr 1 min
July 12, 2018 UPS: What will Brown Do to You? And The Harvey Girls
Buster Brown – alias UPS – and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have a tentative agreement on the biggest contract since the ’97 strike. Will they end two tier? Will they convert more part timers into full time? Will they …
1 hr 1 min
July 05, 2018 What Trump Gets Wrong about Trade and What They Didn’t Teach You in School about Black and Latinx History
Candidate Trump said NAFTA was the worst trade agreement ever and promised to fix it and bring the jobs back to the USA. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, […]
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1 hr 1 min
July 05, 2018 What Trump Gets Wrong about Trade and What They Didn’t Teach You in School about Black and Latinx History
Candidate Trump said NAFTA was the worst trade agreement ever and promised to fix it and bring the jobs back to the USA. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll find out from the Citizen’s Trade Campaign just what …
1 hr 1 min
June 28, 2018 Our Disappearing Right to Vote and Is Civil Disobedience Still Relevant?
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we explore our disappearing right to vote with Kansas ACLU Executive Director Micah Kubic. Then we ask, “Would you knowingly break a law […]
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1 hr 4 min
June 28, 2018 Our Disappearing Right to Vote and Is Civil Disobedience Still Relevant?
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we explore our disappearing right to vote with Kansas ACLU Executive Director Micah Kubic. Then we ask, “Would you knowingly break a law if you thought it was unjust?” We’ll meet three people …
1 hr 4 min
June 21, 2018 Choke Points: Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain and After the Cheering Stops Cyndy Feasel on Sports Concussions
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to two authors. First, what are choke points and how can logistics workers use them to build global worker power? We’ll […]
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1 hr 1 min
June 21, 2018 Choke Points: Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain and After the Cheering Stops Cyndy Feasel on Sports Concussions
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to two authors. First, what are choke points and how can logistics workers use them to build global worker power? We’ll find out from Choke Points co-author Jake Alimahomed-Wilson. Then, hear …
1 hr 1 min
June 14, 2018 Trumpism in Latin America: Stolen Elections and More Guns, Prisons and Immigrants
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we take a look at Trumpism in Latin America. Has our policy changed much since Obama? How are workers faring? We’ll look at […]
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1 hr 3 min

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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…