Heartland Labor Forum

The lobbyist cash is flowing just like Koch with a K. From Topeka to Jeff City, they’re serving up a toxic feast of union busting, anti-work bills. This week on […]

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This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, it’s all about money and power. We interview finance expert Nomi Prins on her book All the Presidents’ Bankers then to circle back […]

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What’s Obama’s Executive Action for immigrants all about? Can the anti-immigrant politicians block them? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll explore these questions and ask how unions and […]

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This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask: Is Kansas City like Ferguson? We talk to police critics from One Struggle KC and we talk to the police about […]

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Longtime radical labor lawyer Tom Geoghegen wants to chuck the model of unions we’ve had since World War II and transform the labor laws and the Democratic party. His new […]

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This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, in the spirit of the season we talk to an economist and theologian and ask him: would Jesus be a capitalist? Then hear […]

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Is democracy in the workplace possible? In the spirit of peace for Christmas, the Heartland Labor Forum is going to replay Mondragon: Humanity at Work. Mondragon in Spain is the […]

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There’s no shortage of outside experts and billionaires who want to “fix” public education in Missouri, usually by blaming teachers. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, teachers talk about […]

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When hospitals failed to protect workers who were treating ebola patients, it was National Nurses United who blew the whistle and demanded better standards of protection . This week on […]

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Jobs??? There are great jobs in Kansas City with training so you earn while you learn. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we go to the Building Trades Job […]

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