Heartland Labor Forum

Who are the good people who do the bad jobs no one wants, and at what cost? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to the author of […] The post Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America and Unchecked Mergers with the Institute for Local Self Reliance appeared first on KKFI .

We recognize and honor the life of Bill Onasch who died last year. Son of a KC meat packing worker, Bill cut his teeth on radical unionism and grew up […] The post Remembering Bill Onasch appeared first on KKFI .

Irish immigrant silver miners in Colorado died penniless and were buried in pauper’s graves. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to an historian who dug up their […] The post The Leadville Irish Miners Memorial and Workplace Monitoring: Is Your Boss Spying on You? appeared first on KKFI .

Ever notice that the mainstream media rarely put the voices of workers on the air? Well, the Heartland Labor Forum does, and this week in our new union leaders series […] The post New Union Leaders: IBEW’s Todd Howerton and Firefighters’ Dan Heisman appeared first on KKFI .

As the mainstream media swells fears of inflation, blaming Biden, greedy workers, the supply chain and COVID, on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll ask economist Richard Wolff what’s the real […] The post Who Is to Blame for the Current Inflation? We’ll Ask Richard Wolff and KC Google Workers Organize appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, it’s Johnnie Kallas from Cornell University about his new Labor Action Tracker strike map of the US. It will help you see who […] The post Mapping the Current Strike Wave and Replacing Permanent Replacement appeared first on KKFI .

If you’re a wage earner in Kansas City, it’s very likely that you have been a victim of wage theft during your work life. This week on the Heartland Labor […] The post KC’s New Wage Theft Ordinance and Duke on Biden appeared first on KKFI .

“Racism in our politics and in our policy making is why all of us can’t have nice things. And by we who can’t have nice things, I mean the white […] The post Why Stamping Out Racism Is Good for White People (and everyone else too) Heather McGhee in KC with Terrence and Bridgette from Stand Up KC appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll have another in our new union leaders series. We’ll talk to Kevin Gard, business manager of Cement Masons Local 518. His members […] The post New Union Leaders Series: Kevin Gard, Cement Masons & Who’s In the Working Class? appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk about two victories for working people. First, pro-worker leftist Gabriel Boric won Sunday’s presidential election in Chile and may finally exorcize […] The post Two Victories for Workers: Chilean Workers Can Now Purge the Pinochet Constitution and Autoworkers Vote for Democracy appeared first on KKFI .

Will Santa be late for Christmas? Will his supply chain deficiencies leave your stocking empty? Some want to blame workers who don’t want to work or a global pandemic. On […] The post Getting There for XMAS: Supply Chain Blues and Will Santa Deliver? appeared first on KKFI .

It’s a hundred years since The Battle of Blair Mountain, the only union organizing attempt where the US government threatened to bomb workers. Hear about it, and find out where […] The post Teamsters Vow to Organize Amazon and the Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial appeared first on KKFI .

The Kansas City labor community lost Herb Johnson on October 18th. Herb’s life was a non-stop fight for the rights of working people from his early days with the Machinists […] The post A Labor Tribute to Herb Johnson (1943-2021) appeared first on KKFI .

Twenty years ago, Transworld Airlines ceased operations, driven into bankruptcy by corporate raider Carl Icahn. The union that represented the thousands of Kansas City TWA maintenance base workers was Machinists […] The post Remembering Herb Johnson & Keith Nelson from the 2011 show on TWA appeared first on KKFI .

Vaccine mandates. Biden and OSHA are for them. Your company may be too, but what about unions and what about you? We’ll ask leaders of the Postal Workers and CWA […] The post Unions and Vaccine Mandates and Is CRT: Turning Parents Against Teachers? appeared first on KKFI .

Can toxic workplace culture contribute to deadly mass shootings? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll discuss this year’s deadliest workplace shooting and what unions can do to stop […] The post Workplace Shootings: One ATU Leader’s Plea for Workplace Mental Health and Remember, Remember Striketober in November? appeared first on KKFI .

There’s a new gang of labor reporters online. They want more justice, more accountability, more power for the people. They’re called More Perfect Union, and this week they’ll be on […] The post More Perfect Union: Labor News and Lessons for Labor from the Afghan War appeared first on KKFI .

How safe is your vote? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to Sara Zorich of the Jackson County Election Board about your ballot’s journey from the voting […] The post Voting in Missouri: The Old Rules Again to Limit Voting and Asylum for Sale – Adrienne Pine’s book on the Asylum Industrial Complex appeared first on KKFI .

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is facing a new era of leadership and perhaps some sweeping changes. Longtime President James P. Hoffa is retiring and the election for his successor […] The post Teamsters International: Is the Tide Changing? And Biden’s NLRB appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we mark Indigenous People’s day and pay tribute to our First Nations. Then, we’ll ask why many progressive organizations resist unionization. We’ll get […] The post CEOs Who “Love” Unions Everywhere but in Their Own Companies and Indigenous Peoples’ Day appeared first on KKFI .

We’ve heard a lot from the media about the new KC Airport: its design, its cost, its food choices, but little has been said lately about the workers – more […] The post AIRPORT! Who Is Doing the Work? appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, meet Bo Moreno, the new Business Manager of IBEW Local 124 whose highly skilled members wire Kansas City. Then, we’ll talk to Tom […] The post Two New Union Leaders in KC appeared first on KKFI .

Workers of the World Unite! Let’s go to the movies. It’s the Workers Unite Film Festival, and this week on the  Heartland Labor Forum we’ll hear all about it. Then […] The post Workers Unite Film Festival and The Alabama Coal Strike appeared first on KKFI .

The AFL-CIO has a new president, the first woman – Liz Shuler, who got the job after the death of Richard Trumka. But elections are scheduled for next year, and […] The post What Direction for the Post-Trumka AFL-CIO? appeared first on KKFI .

Last year, under pressure from citizens, the city of Kansas City, Missouri conducted a Pay Equity Analysis Report. Did it find that women city workers have equal pay to men? […] The post Women, Equal Pay, Access to City Jobs and life support for the ERA appeared first on KKFI .