Heartland Labor Forum

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Heartland Labor Forum episodes

May 04, 2017 Why is Donald Trump President?
Why Is Donald Trump President? What did union members have to do with him winning the electoral college? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum three labor educators from Michigan, […]
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59 min
May 04, 2017 Why is Donald Trump President?
Why Is Donald Trump President? What did union members have to do with him winning the electoral college? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum three labor educators from Michigan, Iowa and Pennsylvania analyze the union vote.
59 min
April 27, 2017 Why Boycott Driscolls & An Economy Without Immigrants
Why Boycott Driscolls & An Economy Without Immigrants. It’s strawberry season, but before you bake that pie, look for the Driscoll label and don’t. There’s a boycott by workers in Mexico […]
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59 min
April 27, 2017 Why Boycott Driscolls & An Economy Without Immigrants
Why Boycott Driscolls & An Economy Without Immigrants. It’s strawberry season, but before you bake that pie, look for the Driscoll label and don’t. There’s a boycott by workers in Mexico who are paid $6-12 a day. Find out more on …
59 min
April 21, 2017 Why Are So Many Millennials Socialists? And Refinery Town
Ben Tulchin, Bernie Sanders’ pollster, and head of Tulchin Research, will join us on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum to discuss whether millennials who voted progressive in 2016 will continue […]
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58 min
April 21, 2017 Why Are So Many Millennials Socialists? And Refinery Town
Ben Tulchin, Bernie Sanders’ pollster, and head of Tulchin Research, will join us on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum to discuss whether millennials who voted progressive in 2016 will continue to do so as they get older. Then, it’s the …
58 min
April 13, 2017 Tradeswomen Building Bridges to India and Kids March for One Race-Human Race
In India, 40% of construction workers are women. Last January, a delegation of American tradeswomen traveled to India to build bridges and fight for the rights of women in the […]
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1 hr 1 min
April 13, 2017 Tradeswomen Building Bridges to India and Kids March for One Race-Human Race
In India, 40% of construction workers are women. Last January, a delegation of American tradeswomen traveled to India to build bridges and fight for the rights of women in the construction workforce both there and here. Find out more on …
1 hr 1 min
April 06, 2017 The Challenge Manufacturing Strike Victory and From Male to Female: How One Engineer Learned About Discrimination
Last month, a diverse group of workers at Challenge Manufacturing near the airport showed Kansas City that even in the era of Trump, you can win a strike. Find out […]
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58 min
April 06, 2017 The Challenge Manufacturing Strike Victory and From Male to Female: How One Engineer Learned About Discrimination
Last month, a diverse group of workers at Challenge Manufacturing near the airport showed Kansas City that even in the era of Trump, you can win a strike. Find out about it this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Then, …
58 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…