Heartland Labor Forum

When the economy goes south, or there’s a war or pandemic, rather than hunker down, American workers organize. Former NLRB Chairman William Gould has written a book called For Labor […] The post Former NLRB Chair William Gould, and Carson Pope on Missouri labor politics appeared first on KKFI .

Why is it so hard for workers to win unions? CWA organizer Jeff Hayes will debunk many of the antiunion lies that bosses tell their workers and explain what’s in […] The post Profile of two union leaders: CWA organizer Jeff Hayes and ATU 1287 President Will Howard appeared first on KKFI .

Last month over 4,000 rank and file labor activists met in Chicago for the biannual Labor Notes Conference. There were 250 workshops teaching how to make good trouble, plenaries with […] The post 4000 Union Troublemakers – A Report from the Labor Notes Conference appeared first on KKFI .

The Federal Reserve is trying to slow inflation by raising interest rates. At the same time corporate profits are at an all-time high. We’ll ask UMKC economists if our monopolized […] The post Inflation and Monopoly: What’s the Connection? And David Bacon: More Than a Wall – 30 Years of Photos appeared first on KKFI .

Max Alvarez of the Real News has a new book, The Work of Living. In it, he dives deep into the lives of essential workers and how they survived being […] The post Max Alvarez-The Work of Living and Revisiting Joy Silk – can the NLRB Make It Easier to Organize? appeared first on KKFI .

When a Heartland Labor Forum programmer became pregnant, she began investigating maternity and family leave to find out how her pregnancy would impact her financial health. Turns out pregnancy in […] The post A Pregnant HLF Volunteer Investigates Maternity Leave and The New AFL-CIO Leadership appeared first on KKFI .

We interview 9 to 5’s Ellen Bravo and Rethinking Schools’ Larry Miller about their new novel based on their lives as labor activists. Then after years of inaction to expand […] The post Ellen Bravo and Larry Miller: Tales of Struggle and The Long Wait for Missouri Medicaid appeared first on KKFI .

President Biden signed The Postal Service Reform Act April 6th. It will provide much needed financial and operational changes to the US Postal Service. Learn what improvements to your service […] The post The Postal Reform Act and UMKC Student Tenant Union appeared first on KKFI .

The leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court tells us that overturning women’s right to abortion is likely, and soon. Meanwhile anti-abortion politicians in Kansas put an amendment on the […] The post Is the Right to an Abortion a Working Women’s Issue? Is it Common Sense? appeared first on KKFI .

What would happen if a global social media empire merged with the world’s largest online retailer? Would everything become company business? Join award-winning author Dave Eggers, author of Heartbreaking Work […] The post Dystopian Novelist Dave Eggers, Author of The Every and the Circle appeared first on KKFI .

The National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo wants to bust the union busters. She’s moving to outlaw anti-union captive audience meetings where employers push workers to vote against […] The post The Need to Ban Anti-Union Captive Audience Meetings appeared first on KKFI .

We ask a teacher why unions matter in public schools. We’ll talk to AFT Local 691 member Jennifer Gwinner and ask how do we stop privatization of schools and what […] The post Why Teachers Need Unions and Starbucks Update appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ve asked educators to comment on and slam the suppression of teaching about race and gender and book banning. As politicians direct curriculum […] The post Teachers and a Librarian Slam CRT and Book Banning appeared first on KKFI .

The Kansas Legislature isn’t done yet, but there’s plenty to talk about, like workers compensation, food sales tax, redistricting, voter suppression, sports gambling, and how to spend a $3 billion […] The post Kansas Legislative Wrap-up with the Kansas AFL-CIO’s John Nave and Union Leaders Series: Chris Fairbanks – Independence Firefighter appeared first on KKFI .

Thinking about a career as a skilled trades person? Need some prep to qualify? We’ll talk to Rudy Chavez about the new Missouri Apprentice Ready Program. Then Kim Kelly, labor […] The post The Missouri Apprentice Ready Program and Kim Kelly with her new Untold History of American Labor appeared first on KKFI .

In the early 1990s, just before NAFTA was rammed through Congress, two unions – one in Mexico and one in the U.S. formed a solidarity partnership to organize workers on […] The post Solidarity Without Borders – the Partnership of UE and FAT and Ranked Choice Voting appeared first on KKFI .

In 1922 Railway shopworkers went on strike against wage cuts and union busting in the largest and most violent rail strike of the 20th Century. This week on the Heartland […] The post Remembering the Railway Shopmen’s Strike and What’s the State of Current Rail Negotiations? appeared first on KKFI .

In January 1990 a gang of assassins invaded a Ford assembly plant in Mexico City and opened fire on the assembly line workers killing one and injuring several. The workers […] The post El Golpe: US Labor, the CIA, and the Coup at Ford Mexico – an Interview with Rob McKenzie appeared first on KKFI .

United Autoworkers Local 249 is the largest local union in KC. It represents Ford workers. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we interview Jason Starr, President of Local 249 […] The post A Profile of Jason Starr of UAW 249 and The Labor Beacon’s New Faces appeared first on KKFI .

Nora Guthrie, daughter of America’s great folk singer, Woody Guthrie, has released a book called Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art, Words and Wisdom. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum […] The post Woody Guthrie- Songs and Art, Words and Wisdom and SEIU Healthcare and the Health Levy appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we will talk to the authors of two new books: first is Joe Burns with Class Struggle Unionism. He asks if the labor […] The post New Books: Joe Burns: Class Struggle Unionism & N. Iskander: Migrant Workers in Qatar appeared first on KKFI .

This week on The Heartland Labor Forum, we look into the explosion of bills attacking teachers and dumbing-down education across Missouri. We’ll cover bills expanding charter schools, banning critical race […] The post Is the Missouri Legislature Out to Destroy Public Schools? appeared first on KKFI .

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, it’s New York Times reporter Peter Goodman on his new book Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World. Goodman lampoons ultra-rich guys […] The post Davos Man by Peter Goodman & An Interview with NLRB General Council Jennifer A. Abruzzo appeared first on KKFI .

In recent years, Missouri voters have bypassed a recalcitrant legislature to take burning issues directly to the voters through the initiative process. That’s how Missourians defeated right to work, raised […] The post Searching for Good Bills among the Bad in Jeff City appeared first on KKFI .

What’s it like to be on strike for almost a year? How do you stay hopeful? How do you pay the bills? What do you tell your kids? This week […] The post Warrior Met Coal: How to Survive a Strike and Coal Miner Songs appeared first on KKFI .