Heartland Labor Forum

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, Judy Morgan interviews Tammy Queen, the Kansas City Missouri Finance Director about the KCMO earnings tax renewal. She ask how much our sales […] The post The Kansas City Earnings Tax Election & Lessons from the Last Stand of the Steelworkers in Homestead, PA appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we ask “What difference does a union make?” Prof. Mark Anner talked to union and non-union banana workers in Guatemala, we’ll talk to […] The post What Difference Does A Union Make & Organizing Amazon in Alabama appeared first on KKFI .

Anne Feeney was the most celebrated singer song writer of the labor movement for the last forty years. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll celebrate her life with […] The post Anne Feeney — A Musical Remembrance appeared first on KKFI .

There’s a lot going on in Congress. This week, the Heartland Labor Forum asks Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver where it’s all going. Then, tens of thousands of Indian farmers driving tractors […] The post Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver on the State of Congress & Reversing New Agricultural Policies in India appeared first on KKFI .

Tune in to the Heartland Labor Forum this week to find out what’s cookin’ in the Missouri and Kansas legislatures. Missouri Representative Wes Rogers and Kansas Senator Tom Holland will […] The post What’s Cookin’ In the Kansas & Missouri Legislatures? appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: The not-yet-confirmed new Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, will be the first in decades to actually come from organized labor.  What could that […] The post The Biden Administration’s New Labor Secretary & Policies On Latin America and Migration appeared first on KKFI .

One would think that during a pandemic workers who stock the grocery shelves, cook our take-out orders, and process our meat would at least get paid sick leave to get […] The post Isn’t It Time for Paid Leave? appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, Steelworker Mike Stout chronicles the closing of the famous Homestead Steel Mill in a new book which is a manual for fighting plant […] The post Mike Stout: The Homestead Steel Mill: The Final 10 Years & Love & Solidarity, the Amazing Life of Rev. James Lawson appeared first on KKFI .

“History isn’t made by kings and politicians, it is made by us.” So say the people who wrote Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance and Rebellion. This week on […] The post Working Class History Podcast & Milan, MO’s Rural Workers Community Alliance appeared first on KKFI .

Exhausted hospital and healthcare workers continue to be in the front lines fighting COVID-19. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, join healthcare workers and Tim Sheard, a nurse turned […] The post Nurses & Techs Still Fighting COVID appeared first on KKFI .

This week’s Heartland Labor Forum is on New Year’s Eve. Our volunteer producers are picking short clips of our favorite interviews to air as we bid good riddance to the […] The post New Year’s Eve: Looking Back/Looking Forward appeared first on KKFI .

It’s almost Christmas Eve, and Santa is loading the sled with toys. But, hark! The elves are on strike and will tell all on the Heartland Labor Forum about what […] The post The Truth About Santa’s Workshop appeared first on KKFI .

After all the alarm about votes lost in the mail, we’ll ask Andy Tuttle, Kansas State President of the union of Letter Carriers, if all the votes got delivered and […] The post How Did the PO Do in the Election & COVID Slams Youth & Women Workers appeared first on KKFI .

First, he was an electrician. Next, he served in the Missouri House and Senate. Now Jake Hummel is President of the Missouri AFL-CIO. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, […] The post Jake Hummel & The PRO Act appeared first on KKFI .

Who were the Europeans at the first Thanksgiving? Were they Pilgrims or colonizers? Were they religious Freedom Riders or Religious Tyrants?  And what about the myth of the welcoming soon-to-be […] The post Two Lies & A Truth About Thanksgiving appeared first on KKFI .

While labor is celebrating Joe Biden’s win, the election results in Kansas and Missouri are a disaster for the working class. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll do […] The post Election Results & How Did the Working Class Vote? appeared first on KKFI .

Almost a decade ago, Democracy Now!’s Juan Gonzalez published his path breaking book, Harvest of Empire. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll update it on how US imperialism […] The post Revisiting Harvest of Empire & The Hard Road of Hope appeared first on KKFI .

As companies downsize in a bad economy, workers on temporary furloughs are being fired. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to Jim Kolve, coordinator of the Missouri […] The post Options for New Employment & Are We Ready for A Shorter Work Week? appeared first on KKFI .

Wine and aspirin sales are skyrocketing for parents. What’s to blame? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll sing the “Virtual School Blues”. Then, what? A political party based […] The post School’s Back, or Is It? & The Historical Role of Labor Parties appeared first on KKFI .

It’s all politics. First we’ve got some candidates for the Kansas legislature who are in hot races. We’ll ask them questions important to the working class. We’ll hear from Sen. […] The post Election 2020 – More Interviews & Dirty Missouri appeared first on KKFI .

What’s the world going to look like after the pandemic? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll have a roundtable panel discussion with economists, labor and business leaders and […] The post Imagining A Post-COVID Future: Roundtable appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll hear from candidates in seven races for the Missouri General Assembly. We’ll ask them how they stand on key issues for working […] The post Election 2020: Interviews with Candidates appeared first on KKFI .

How did politicians get obsessed with saving the middle class, and when did middle class become just white guys while the economy increasingly failed to work for the diverse working […] The post David Roediger: The Sinking Middle Class & Rose Feurer: Mother Jones-Her Monuments & Museums appeared first on KKFI .

When workers at nonprofit organizations unionize, they often get grudging acceptance from their bosses, and sometimes they face union busting. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to […] The post Outrageous! Non-Profit Union Busters & MO Cuts for Kids appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we welcome back John Boyd, a leading attorney for labor. We’ll talk about what’s at stake for working people in this election year. […] The post John Boyd: Labor Defender & KC Tenants ROCK! appeared first on KKFI .