Heartland Labor Forum

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Heartland Labor Forum episodes

November 15, 2013 Pilfering Your Pension and KU Nurses Association: Defending Quality Patient Care
Many workers are facing pension cuts. Are they justified? Why should retirees pay for something they didn’t cause? Are there alternatives? Tune in to Who’s Pilfering Your Pension on this […]
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1 hr
November 08, 2013 Can the Boss Do That?
Many employers these days tell workers they’re contractors and need to pay their own taxes and work comp insurance. Can they do that? Suddenly your boss cuts your breaks from […]
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57 min
November 01, 2013 Halloween Horrors on Wall Street, plus ‘New Kid’
This week’s Heartland Labor Forum has two scary stories: What’s it like to go to a strange school where you don’t know the language or how to act, and have […]
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59 min
November 01, 2013 Halloween Horrors on Wall Street, plus ‘New Kid'
This week’s Heartland Labor Forum has two scary stories: What’s it like to go to a strange school where you don’t know the language or how to act, and have to face bullies? We’ll talk about the play, New Kid, …
59 min
October 25, 2013 Meet Tim Sheard! And Solidarity Singers Arrested
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, meet Tim Sheard, author of six mystery novels about Lenny Moss, amateur detective and hospital union shop steward. Then, why is Wisconsin Governor […]
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58 min
October 17, 2013 High-Tech Guest Workers & Peabody Shuffle
Is there a shortage of high tech workers? Do we need to raise the quota for high tech guest workers? Do they undercut the wages of Americans? We’ll find out […]
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59 min
October 10, 2013 Organizing, Politics, & Money
This week’s Heartland Labor Forum is about organizing, politics, and money. Here’s the lineup: Eric Mann has a new book out called Playbook for Progressives: 16 Qualities of the Successful […]
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October 03, 2013 The Jerry Tucker Legacy
On October 11th-13th, longtime labor activists from all over the U.S. and Canada will hold a conference at the University of Missouri-St. Louis to memorialize labor strategist Jerry Tucker, sum […]
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56 min
September 23, 2013 Bulldozing Teachers and Schools
On this week’s edition of Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to lawyer Fred Wickham about the problems teachers face when falsely accused of abusing students; then, we’ll find out about […]
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58 min
September 16, 2013 Recap on Last Week’s Missouri Veto Session & Bus Attacks!
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll deal with two issues. The first is a recap on last week’s Missouri veto session with Rep. Judy Morgan. Then, we take […]
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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…