Heartland Labor Forum

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Heartland Labor Forum episodes

July 27, 2015 Honduras: Laboratory for Privatization
Every week since late May, thousands of Hondurans take to the streets in torch marches to protest the theft of millions of dollars of their health care funds by government officials, including the President. The U.S. media barely mentions it. …
58 min
July 10, 2015 A Victory for Bangladesh Garment Workers and Erik Loomis: The Corporate Outsourcing Catastrophe
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we get some good news from Bangladesh about compensation for the Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013, then talk to Erik Loomis, whose […]
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56 min
July 10, 2015 A Victory for Bangladesh Garment Workers and Erik Loomis: The Corporate Outsourcing Catastrophe
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we get some good news from Bangladesh about compensation for the Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013, then talk to Erik Loomis, whose book, Out of Sight, follows the thread that runs from …
56 min
July 07, 2015 The Origins of Right to Work by Cedric deLeon and Obamacare Survives the Supreme Court: What’s Next?
Where does the idea behind Right to Work come from? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we interview Cedric deLeon whose new book, The Origins of Right to Work, […]
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59 min
July 07, 2015 The Origins of Right to Work by Cedric deLeon and Obamacare Survives the Supreme Court: What’s Next?
Where does the idea behind Right to Work come from? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we interview Cedric deLeon whose new book, The Origins of Right to Work, traces it back to Chicago in the 1880s and claims …
59 min
June 30, 2015 Why 15? The Kansas City Minimum Wage Increase
As Kansas City debates raising the minimum wage, this week’s Heartland Labor Forum asks the question: by how much? Should it go to $15 by 2020? We’ll get the views […]
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3 min
June 30, 2015 Why 15? The Kansas City Minimum Wage Increase
As Kansas City debates raising the minimum wage, this week’s Heartland Labor Forum asks the question: by how much? Should it go to $15 by 2020? We’ll get the views from UMKC economist Peter Eaton, Jobs with Justice’s Justin Stein, …
3 min
June 22, 2015 Breaking into Fortress Europe: Migrants Across the Mediterranean
The European migrant crisis is all over the news. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll look into the crises behind the crisis including: war, imperialism, and poverty. Why […]
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58 min
June 22, 2015 Breaking into Fortress Europe: Migrants Across the Mediterranean
The European migrant crisis is all over the news. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll look into the crises behind the crisis including: war, imperialism, and poverty. Why are so many from Africa and the Middle East trying …
58 min
June 16, 2015 ERISA’s Demise: The Domino Effect and Huelga: Story from a Casino Utility Closet
Last Fall Congress passed and President Obama signed a so-called Pension Reform Act allowing employers to reduce or suspend pension payments to retirees if a pension plan is “deeply troubled.” Teamster retirees face […]
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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…