Heartland Labor Forum

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Heartland Labor Forum episodes

September 15, 2014 Teachers Unite Against Amendment 3 & "Parasitic Finance Capital"
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, St. Louis money bags Rex Sinquefield is behind Amendment 3 on the Missouri November ballot, another state constitutional amendment. It would pay teachers on the basis of student test scores. Teachers, administrators, and …
1 hr
September 08, 2014 Stop That One-Man Train!
Workers on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe are voting on a proposal to eliminate conductor jobs and run trains with only an engineer. It’s stirring up lots of opposition from […]
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58 min
September 02, 2014 Is Ferguson a Labor Issue?
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum our show is called Ferguson Missouri: Mirror of Deindustrialization. We ask why all-too-common police violence erupted into mass protest in Ferguson? Has the […]
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1 hr
August 27, 2014 The Connections Between Tips and Sexual Harrassment
Did you know that the restaurant industry is the single largest source of sexual harassment charges? Roc United – The Restaurant Opportunity Center, has a campaign to end the tipped […]
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1 hr 1 min
August 18, 2014 The Jazz Union: Whatever Happened to Local 627?
The Jazz Union: Whatever Happened to Local 627?
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59 min
August 12, 2014 Shakerboarders: Will Dance For Food
Ever imagine what it’s like to be on the other side of the sign? This week’s Heartland Labor Forum is called Shakerboarders: Will Dance for Food. Although the Statue of […]
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1 hr 1 min
August 05, 2014 Mondragon: What if YOU Could Elect Your Boss?
What would your job be like if your company were a democracy? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll take a look at the world’s largest industrial democracy, Mondragon, […]
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59 min
July 28, 2014 August 5th Election Issues
A lot of people haven’t decided how to vote in the August 5th election which asks voters in Kansas City and Missouri to approve new taxes for streetcars and roads. […]
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59 min
July 28, 2014 The Transportation Sales Tax and the Street Car Referenda on the August Ballot
A lot of people haven’t decided how to vote in the August 5th election, which asks voters in Kansas City and Missouri to approve new taxes for streetcars and roads. […]
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59 min
July 21, 2014 Are Religious Institutions Exempt from Labor Law? and State Takeover of Normandy School District: Will Teachers Pay the Price?
Colleen Simon was fired by the Kansas City Archdiocese for being married–can they do that? We’ll talk to Colleen, her wife Donna, and her attorneys this week on the Heartland […]
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59 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…