Heartland Labor Forum

Earlier this year, the Missouri legislature passed a bill aimed at gagging and crippling the unions that represent public employees at the state and local level. This week on the […] The post Undoing Missouri’s Public Sector and Erik Loomis – A History of America in Ten Strikes appeared first on KKFI .

All we ever hear from the corporate media since 2000 is negative about the government of Venezuela. This week on the Heartland labor Forum, we’ll get the other side of […] The post Venezuela: The Other Side of the Story and Tex Sample: Working Class Rage appeared first on KKFI .

Your Thanksgiving turkey may have had no rights, but thanks to Missouri voters last August, workers didn’t get served up for dinner. The Thanksgiving edition of Heartland Labor Forum will […] The post Rebroadcast from Sept. 20: How We Defeated Right to Work and Now What? appeared first on KKFI .

If there was a blue wave in last week’s elections, it missed Missouri’s Democratic candidates. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we talk to Rep. DaRon McGee about prospects […] The post Election Recap on Worker Issues and People Before Profit: The Inspiring Story of the Founder of Bob’s Red Mill appeared first on KKFI .

If there was a blue wave in last week’s elections, it missed Missouri’s Democratic candidates. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we talk to Rep. DaRon McGee about prospects […] The post Election Recap on Worker Issues and People Before Profit: The Inspiring Story of the Founder of Bob’s Red Mill appeared first on KKFI .

It’s over a month now that Marriott workers from Boston to Honolulu have been on strike. They say “one job should be enough,” but many have to work more because […] The post One Job Should Be Enough: The Marriott Strike and ATT Legacy: How about One Contract? appeared first on KKFI .

Two ballot initiatives in the November 6th election in Missouri affect our democracy and economy. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll explore Amendment 1 CLEAN Missouri, which limits […] The post Ballot Initiatives: CLEAN and Raise Up Missouri appeared first on KKFI .

We’ll ask economist Richard Wolff how the economy is doing. Is it blowing bubbles? Then railway workers belong to a bunch of different unions. Their disunity costs them at the […] The post Is the Economy Blowing Bubbles? and Rail Workers Uniting appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll do two different takes on the undoing of the American working class. First, Sweat: a play about rustbelt America which opens this week […] The post Sweat: A Play about Rustbelt America and The Fall of Wisconsin appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask: Is work as we know it disappearing as the middle class gets squeezed, and then gigged? We talk to two authors […] The post Two Books about the Decline of Work and the Middle Class: Gigged: The End of the Job and the Future of Work and Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll hear local Kansas City Missouri Middle School students discuss the history of child labor and what it means for students today. Then, […] The post Middle School Kids Talk Labor History and Bill Fletcher has a novel: The Man That Fell from the Sky appeared first on KKFI .

The workplace depends on the willingness of the worker to follow the rules and comply with orders. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll explore the Psychology of Obedience. […] The post Exploring the Psychology of Obedience and Wobs in KC appeared first on KKFI .

Last month, Missouri labor and its allies shocked the nation with a 2-1 vote on Proposition A, repealing the right to work law passed by the legislature. How did they […] The post Prop A: How We Defeated Right to Work and Now What? appeared first on KKFI .

Have you seen the movie BlacKKKlansman, about a black police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan forty years ago? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll take a […] The post BlackKKlansman: HLF Looks Under the Hood and The Killing of DST appeared first on KKFI .

Cities around the country are befuddled by what to do with a flood of electronic scooters in the streets. Are they safe? Do they create good jobs? Tune in to […] The post Is the Sharing Economy for the Byrds? and Street Fight Radio-WCRS appeared first on KKFI .

Think the Supreme Court’s anti-worker Janus decision will kill public sector unions?  Think again. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll air voices of resistance from the American Federation […] The post The Attack on Public Employee Unions and How They’re Resisting appeared first on KKFI .

We’re celebrating Women’s Equality Week on the Heartland Labor Forum with an interview with National Organization for Women’s president Toni Van Pelt. We’ll ask her about how the ongoing conspiracy […] The post Voter Suppression of Women and Bernie’s ‘Our Revolution’ appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, it’s Trump’s Federal Remix: A New Department of Child Labor and a Private Postal Service? We’ll talk to union leaders from the departments […] The post Trump’s Federal Remix: A New Department of Child Labor and a Private Postal Service? appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, frequent guest, Professor Chuck Ross joins the show again as the football season nears. Will the anthem policy hold? Will Trump’s fight with […] The post Downtown Shakedown and Bringing Football to Its Knees appeared first on KKFI .

This week on The Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll preview KKFI’s upcoming conference Kicking the Koch Habit and Expanding Democracy for All. We’ll be joined by Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy […] The post Kicking the Koch Habit Conference Preview appeared first on KKFI .

Missourians go to the polls August 7th to vote on two initiatives that are important to working people. Question 1 for Kansas City about rental property inspections and Question A […] The post Heartland Labor Forum appeared first on KKFI .

Many people think that getting young workers to think or care about retirement is impossible. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll do a pension primer for young workers. […] The post A Pension Primer for Young People and AT&T: No Legacy of Respect for Workers appeared first on KKFI .

Buster Brown – alias UPS – and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have a tentative agreement on the biggest contract since the ’97 strike. Will they end two tier? Will […] The post UPS: What will Brown Do to You? And The Harvey Girls appeared first on KKFI .

Candidate Trump said NAFTA was the worst trade agreement ever and promised to fix it and bring the jobs back to the USA. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, […] The post What Trump Gets Wrong about Trade and What They Didn’t Teach You in School about Black and Latinx History appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we explore our disappearing right to vote with Kansas ACLU Executive Director Micah Kubic. Then we ask, “Would you knowingly break a law […] The post Our Disappearing Right to Vote and Is Civil Disobedience Still Relevant? appeared first on KKFI .