Heartland Labor Forum

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’re going to cover some labor news – most of it local that you hear little about anywhere else. Then, we preview Kansas’s […] The post News in Depth and Kansas Troublemakers School appeared first on KKFI .

Before he was a socialist, Eugene Debs was an avid railroad unionist with a dream of one union for all rail workers. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we […] The post Heartland Labor Forum • Aug. 29, 2019 appeared first on KKFI .

Hear Maine Iron Workers Local 7 business agent Grant Provost tell why the Maine AFL-CIO adopted their own Green New Deal to avert climate catastrophe. Then author and labor historian […] The post Heartland Labor Forum • Aug. 22, 2019 appeared first on KKFI .

Missouri’s motto is “Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law,” but the legislature still hasn’t passed Medicaid Expansion. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk […] The post Isn’t It Time for Medicaid Expansion? And The Attack on Federal Workers appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview Jim Kolve about Missouri Labor’s Rapid Response Program to help laid off workers. Then, why can’t Kansas school bus drivers collect […] The post Who You Gonna Call When Your Job Disappears? and Kansas School Bus Drivers: Starving in the Summer? appeared first on KKFI .

Every three years, the Big 3 auto companies – Ford, Chrysler and GM – negotiate a new contract with the United Auto Workers. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, […] The post Next Auto Contract: Is the UAW A House Divided? appeared first on KKFI .

Affordable housing was a major issue in the mayor’s race. That’s due in part to a new group in town – KC Tenants. We’ll hear from them this week on […] The post KC Tenants Organize and The Moral Budget appeared first on KKFI .

It’s a July 4th special on the Heartland Labor Forum this week. We’ll ask an ACLU attorney who worked on the Supreme Court census case, who should count in the […] The post Special for July 4th: Who Counts in the US and What To do If ICE Comes appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to David Van Arsdale about his book on temp work. It’s a chilling look and argues that temp agencies should have […] The post Temps and The Poverty of Work and Here We Go Again – War in Iran: A Labor Viewpoint appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we feature a mystery writer, Tim Sheard, whose hero is a hospital union shop steward who tracks down a killer at work in […] The post One Foot in the Grave – Another Shop Steward Mystery Novel and American Roots: Union Made in the USA Clothing appeared first on KKFI .

Earlier this month, the Cross Border Network organized a delegation to Honduras to investigate why so many families were leaving on a risky journey to Trump’s America. What we found […] The post Honduras: Report Back from Delegation Investigating Why Migrants Come appeared first on KKFI .

Trump wants to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask some postal workers why that’s a really bad idea. Then, comedian Lee Camp […] The post Don’t Privatize Our Postal Service! And Lee Camp on the Democratic Candidates appeared first on KKFI .

Herb Johnson led the fight against Carl Icahn at TWA, then went on to a leadership position in the Missouri AFL-CIO. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, Herb reflects […] The post Herb Johnson: Still Kickin’ for Labor and Eric Blanc: Red State Revolt appeared first on KKFI .

The Green New Deal promises environmental transformation and jobs, but the AFL-CIO and energy unions fear lost jobs and only empty promises of a just transition. We’ll explore these issues […] The post Labor and The Green New Deal and A Cousin remembers Fannie Lou Hamer – PLEDGE DRIVE!!! appeared first on KKFI .

The Missouri Legislative has wrapped-up its work for the year. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask legislators what happened for the working people of the state. Then, […] The post Missouri Legislative Wrap-up and A New Book About a Model Labor Leader appeared first on KKFI .

What do you know about bananas? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, listen to author Peter Chapman peel the layers of corruption and ruthlessness to reveal the origins of […] The post United Fruit Company: Rotten Bananas and Keeping America White: US Immigration Policy appeared first on KKFI .

Kansas has a new Secretary of Labor. She’s Delia Garcia, the first Latina to serve in a Cabinet post. We’ll get to know her this week on the Heartland Labor […] The post Kansas’s New Secretary of Labor, Delia Garcia and Kansas City’s Pay Gap Study appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we explore our radical and socialist roots. Eugene Debs: American Socialist is a new movie-we’ll talk to the film maker. Then, Herb and […] The post Eugene Debs: American Socialist – The Movie and Herbert March: 1930’s KC Organizer appeared first on KKFI .

Much has been written about the Trump tax cuts and their effects on the federal budget, as well as the economy, but what is less known is how those tax […] The post Feel the Trickle: the Tax “Cuts” appeared first on KKFI .

One-man trains are not a dystopian nightmare; they’re the near future. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview Bruce Campbell on his new book on a one-man train […] The post Bruce Campbell: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster: Public Betrayal, Justice Denied and A New Labor Caucus for Missouri Democrats appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we will bring you another interview with a candidate for mayor. This time it is Henry Klein. He’s a banker who chairs Habitat […] The post Mayoral Candidate Interview: Henry Klein and Rebuilding Power in Open Shop America appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Medea Benjamin is speaking February 16th for KKFI, we’ll give you a preview and ask her why the U.S. has made Iran one […] The post Medea Benjamin on Iran & Mayoral Forum III with Candidates on Economic Justice Issues appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll have another in our series of talks with candidates for Mayor of Kansas City. We want to ask each of them their […] The post Mayoral Forum II with Candidates on Economic Justice Issues appeared first on KKFI .

It’s called NAFTA 2.0. Is it much of a change over the old NAFTA, which was a disaster for most working, people in North America? Will it stop the bleeding […] The post NAFTA 2.0 & Why Labor Radio appeared first on KKFI .

An answer to budget-strapped school districts? Listen to education activists talk about public schools called community schools this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Tune in Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast […] The post Community Schools appeared first on KKFI .