Friday at 5:00 am
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 who is fighting back. Hear the voices and inspiration of troublemakers in the workplace and in the global economy. Listen to our monthly features: Know Your Rights, Safety First, Economics Unmasked, and Common Good. Find out who won this month’s Boss Hog award. Heartland Labor Forum has won the International Labor Communications Award several times. This year we won two awards.
For more information on upcoming shows, our weekly calendar, or to listen to an archived show, go to http://www.heartlandlaborforum.org
Upcoming episodes
Down the Up Escalator: How the 99% Live in the Great Recession May 24, 2013 | 5:00 am
On this week’s Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll interview author Barbara Garson.Read More
Recent episodes
Death on the Job May 17, 2013 | 5:00 am
Death while on the job is an issue affecting millions of workers and their families--what can be done to ensure a safe workplace?Read More
Venezuelan Elections Redux and We Heart Snail Mail May 10, 2013 | 5:00 am
This week's edition focuses on disparities in the 2013 Venezuelan elections. As well, we examine issues surrounding the perceived obsolescence of the US Postal Service---HLF makes the case for "snail mail".Read More
Austerity: Coming to a Town Near You Soon May 3, 2013 | 5:00 am
On the Heartland Labor Forum this week, we’ll explore austerity around the worldRead More
2 Authors, 2 Books April 19, 2013 | 5:00 am
This week's edition of HLF features two great authors and their latest offerings germane to labor interests.Read More
America: The Great ‘Melting Pot’ Lives On! April 12, 2013 | 5:00 am
We are a migrating people, and the stories we tell about our family journeys have shaped our identity as Americans.Read More
The New Free Trade Frankenstein: Trans Pacific Partnership and the Labor Project For Working Families April 5, 2013 | 5:00 am
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and The Labor Project for Working FamiliesRead More
The Restaurant Opportunity Center’s Saru Jayaraman, author of ‘Behind the Kitchen Door’, interview with Pioneer Women March 29, 2013 | 5:00 am
This week on HLF, we chat with author Saru Jayaraman, writer of Behind the Kitchen Door and founder/director of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United.Read More
An immigration reform that’s good for workers March 22, 2013 | 5:00 am
What’s being proposed by the Senate Gang of 8 and by Obama for a Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill? What do working people need – both immigrants and citizens? We’ll talk to labor journalist David Bacon, immigration attorney Angie Williams, and also hear what UMKC economist Peter Eaton found in his investigation of the Economic and Tax Contributions of Immigrants to Missouri and Kansas.Read More
International Labor Rights Forum 7 GM Hunger Strike March 15, 2013 | 5:00 am
Why are General Motors workers in Colombia on a hunger strike? They say GM fired them from its Bogota car plant when work injuries crippled them. And what are sweat-free communities? We'll find that out from the International Labor Rights Forum which is fighting sweatshops around the world.Read More
A Tax Policy that Creates Jobs February 22, 2013 | 5:00 am
A Tax Policy that Creates Jobs is not impossible.Read More
Obamacare February 15, 2013 | 5:00 am
Obamacare: The new Affordable Care Act promises to expand access to healthcare and make it more affordable. It’s big; it’s complicated, and it’s coming soon. Kit Wager, from the Department of Health and Human Services will give you a primer on the ACA on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum. How will it affect your current insurance if you have it; your union contract if you have one; your pocketbook; and the quality of care?Read More
Wal-Mart: A Smile in Every Aisle? Not on Black Friday November 30, 2012 | 5:00 am
Wal-Mart: A Smile in Every Aisle? Not on Black FridayA Look at Walmart Protests from around the country with a special focus on Kansas City.
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A Tale of Two Elections: Venezuela and the U.S. November 9, 2012 | 5:00 am
A Tale of Two Elections: Venezuela and the U.S.Read More
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