Heartland Labor Forum

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Heartland Labor Forum episodes

December 04, 2015 Rock-a-bye Baby The Wages Is Crazy and Why Are Kansas Teachers Fleeing?
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we explore the conditions for child care workers and for Kansas teachers. Tune in to “Rock-a-bye Baby The Wages Is Crazy”; and then we ask, why are Kansas teachers fleeing? We’ll talk to …
59 min
November 17, 2015 Community Health Workers – Good Deal for Workers and Patients
A community health worker is a bridge between traditionally underserved populations and needed health information, support and care, as well as important basic and social services. It’s a new job […]
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1 hr
November 17, 2015 Community Health Workers – Good Deal for Workers and Patients
A community health worker is a bridge between traditionally underserved populations and needed health information, support and care, as well as important basic and social services. It’s a new job here in Kansas City, but a much-needed one. Find out …
1 hr
November 10, 2015 Sheet Metal Workers and Sierra Club Team Up to Demand Missouri Move toward Energy Efficiency and What’s Up with Auto Bargaining?
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Sheet Metal Workers and Sierra Club Team Up to Demand Missouri Move toward Energy Efficiency – “Missourians are paying too much on our […]
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1 hr
November 10, 2015 Sheet Metal Workers and Sierra Club Team Up to Demand Missouri Move toward Energy Efficiency and What’s Up with Auto Bargaining?
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Sheet Metal Workers and Sierra Club Team Up to Demand Missouri Move toward Energy Efficiency – “Missourians are paying too much on our monthly energy bills. We’re putting additional air pollution in the …
1 hr
November 03, 2015 The Uber Economy; A Raw Deal and What’s in a Name? Profiling in Hiring
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview Steven Hill about his new book Raw Deal: How the “Uber Economy” and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers.Then, Adia Wingfield […]
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1 hr
November 03, 2015 The Uber Economy; A Raw Deal and What’s in a Name? Profiling in Hiring
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview Steven Hill about his new book Raw Deal: How the “Uber Economy” and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers.Then, Adia Wingfield tells us how employers screen out minorities by names and …
1 hr
October 26, 2015 Daddy, What’s the Middle Class
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we talk to labor radio producer Rick Smith about his new book Daddy, What’s the Middle Class? It’s about a cross country trip […]
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1 hr 1 min
October 26, 2015 Daddy, What's the Middle Class
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we talk to labor radio producer Rick Smith about his new book Daddy, What’s the Middle Class? It’s about a cross country trip with kids to find out who built America. Then we …
1 hr 1 min
October 19, 2015 Ai-Jen Poo: Age of Dignity and Familias Unidas Take on Driscoll
Ai-Jen Poo, leader of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, has a new book: The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America. We’ll talk to her […]
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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…