Heartland Labor Forum

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.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to two authors. First, what are choke points and how can logistics workers use them to build global worker power? We’ll […] The post Choke Points: Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain and After the Cheering Stops Cyndy Feasel on Sports Concussions appeared first on KKFI.