Heartland Labor Forum

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Heartland Labor Forum episodes

July 29, 2013 Which Ex-Felons Can't Get Food Stamps? and "What Do You Mean, You're Closing My School?!"
In Missouri, you can kill someone, do your time, and qualify for food stamps, but not if your crime was drugs. On this week’s Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to Lora MacDonald of More Squared about how state SNAP–the food …
1 hr 2 min
July 23, 2013 Do the Rich Cheat More than the Rest of Us? and Union Organizing Iraqi Style
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates get lots of publicity for being generous, but recent psychology experiments in fact show that rich people are greedier and cheat more than the rest […]
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59 min
July 15, 2013 Don’t do Koch! and Jonathan Sperber: Karl Marx: A 19th Century Life
Last week, over a hundred Kansans stood up against the Koch Brothers’ front group Americans for Prosperity, dubbing them Americans for Austerity. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll […]
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58 min
July 02, 2013 The Peabody/Patriot Shuffle
Peabody Coal dumped union miners and retirees into subsidiary Patriot Coal which is now in bankruptcy and reneging on union contracts, pensions and healthcare for retired miners. Tune into this […]
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1 hr
July 01, 2013 “They’re Bankrupting Us!” & 20 Other Myths About Unions
This week on Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll go in-depth on Bill Fletcher’s talk at the Kansas City Public Library about his new book “They’re Bankrupting Us!” & 20 Other Myths […]
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59 min
July 01, 2013 "They're Bankrupting Us!" & 20 Other Myths About Unions
This week on Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll go in-depth on Bill Fletcher’s talk at the Kansas City Public Library about his new book “They’re Bankrupting Us!” & 20 Other Myths About Unions. Later on, we’ll feature a commentary on the …
59 min
June 25, 2013 Obamacare Review and Q&A
There are less than 100 days until the October 1st kickoff of Obamacare, when uninsured people can begin applying for health insurance and premium subsidies through the Affordable Care Act’s […]
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59 min
June 21, 2013 What Do You Get When You Offshore Management Responsibility? Bangladesh
“No words can describe the horror of the criminal action of the manufacturers, brands, employer groups, and regulatory authorities for their greed for profit, at the cost of precious human […]
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59 min
June 14, 2013 Testing Mania and “I’m Not Lovin’ It”: Fast Food Workers
This week on Heartland Labor Forum, our correspondents Cris Mann and Ann Pritchett explore our obsession with testing mania. Later, HLF reporters Sayra Gordillo and Jen Zaman talk to a […]
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1 hr
June 07, 2013 Legislative Post-Mortem and Dumb Bill Award
The 2013 Missouri and Kansas Legislative sessions have twisted away into oblivion. Like recent storms, they’ve left a path of destruction through workers’ rights and welfare. On this week’s Heartland […]
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57 min

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