Heartland Labor Forum

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Heartland Labor Forum episodes

June 20, 2016 Pullman Porters: The Making of the Black Middle Class in KC
After the Civil War until World War II, one of the few good jobs open to African American men and a few women as Pullman Porter or Maid. To be […]
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58 min
June 20, 2016 Pullman Porters: The Making of the Black Middle Class in KC
After the Civil War until World War II, one of the few good jobs open to African American men and a few women as Pullman Porter or Maid. To be sure, they weren’t treated as equals and had to hustle …
58 min
June 13, 2016 Thomas Frank: Listen Liberal and Postal Banking: Is the Time Now?
KC area native Thomas Frank has written about why Kansans vote against their self-interest and about how the right wing took over America. Now he looks at the Democrats in […]
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1 hr 1 min
June 13, 2016 Thomas Frank: Listen Liberal and Postal Banking: Is the Time Now?
KC area native Thomas Frank has written about why Kansans vote against their self-interest and about how the right wing took over America. Now he looks at the Democrats in his new book Listen Liberal: Whatever Happened to the Party …
1 hr 2 min
May 29, 2016 Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary and Jamala Rogers: Ferguson Is America
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, it’s two authors with two books. We’ll talk to Gerald Horne about his book on the great singer and activist Paul Robeson. The […]
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1 hr
May 29, 2016 Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary and Jamala Rogers: Ferguson Is America
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, it’s two authors with two books. We’ll talk to Gerald Horne about his book on the great singer and activist Paul Robeson. The book is called The Artist as Revolutionary. Then it’s noted …
1 hr
May 22, 2016 The New Center for Neighborhoods and Disabilities Integration Act
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, hear about the new partnership between UMKC’s Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design and the community to address the challenges facing neighborhoods […]
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53 min
May 22, 2016 The New Center for Neighborhoods and Disabilities Integration Act
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, hear about the new partnership between UMKC’s Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design and the community to address the challenges facing neighborhoods in Kansas City, MO. The new Center for Neighborhoods serves …
53 min
May 09, 2016 Will Verizon #NeverSettle? and The Peabody Cave-in
Will Verizon never settle?. . . with its unions? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk about the strike and the stakes for workers in the communications industry. […]
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1 hr
May 09, 2016 Will Verizon #NeverSettle? and The Peabody Cave-in
Will Verizon never settle?. . . with its unions? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk about the strike and the stakes for workers in the communications industry. Then, what’s happening to jobs in the coal industry? We’ll …
53 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…