Heartland Labor Forum

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, comedian and social commentator Lee Camp asks not if robots will get your job but who will benefit when they do. Then, with […] The post Will Robots Get Your Job? And Blackballed: Race, Politics, and Football appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, the topic is workers across borders and workers who cross borders. We’ll ask David Wilson, who has just updated The Politics of Immigration, […] The post The Politics of Immigration and Invisible Hands: Voices from the Global Economy appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask, “Is vocational education disappearing or coming back?” Have we made a false choice between college and skills training? Later, we go […] The post Is Vo-Tech Shrinking? and Street Medical Care for All appeared first on KKFI.

Why do we have extreme economic inequality in the richest country in the world? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to Les Leopold about his new book, […] The post A Plan to Put the Brakes on Runaway Inequality and Countering Hate without Feeding The Trolls appeared first on KKFI.

Taxi Drivers on Strike! Tune to the Heartland Labor Forum for a special broadcast of Waiting for Lefty, a play by Cliff Odets performed by UMKC Theatre students and faculty. […] The post “Waiting for Lefty” by SAVE UMKC THEATRE Students & Faculty appeared first on KKFI.

Amid budget shortfalls, so-called “non-core” programs are under attack from UMKC administrators, but faculty, staff, students and community members are fighting back. Tune in to the Heartland Labor Forum for an […] The post UMKC’s Latest Round of Layoffs~SAVE UMKC THEATRE and Labor Studies Program Suspended: What Now? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we take another look at how the Labour party is reshaping politics across the pond in the UK. What does the rise of […] The post The British Elections: What Do They Mean for Labor and Big Bucks for the Boot Heel: Good Deal or Not? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum:  How can we grow and improve our cities without the threat of gentrification? This week, we talk to Peter Moskowitz about his book […] The post Peter Moscowitz, How to Kill a City and Jonathan Rosenblum, Beyond $15 appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll interview Gordon Lafer about his new book which asks what elites are doing with all their new-found power. We’ll review with him […] The post Gordon Lafer: The 1% Solution and Builidng the Kansas City Skyline appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask about Detroit: Are the Engines Restarting? We start with a history tour of Detroit labor from its heyday in auto and […] The post Detroit: Are the Engines Restarting? appeared first on KKFI.

Who is protecting our pensions and what’s fiduciary responsibility, anyway? We’ll find out on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum when we talk to the Employee Benefits Security Administration. Then, the […] The post EBSA-Employee Benefits Security Administration and Trumping the Disabled appeared first on KKFI.

Should college be affordable for All? Join us this week on The Heartland Labor Forum for an in-depth analysis of two high-profile state and federal initiatives to make college tuition-free.  […] The post New York College for Some and How Anti-Hunger Programs Are Constrained by Their Funders appeared first on KKFI.

On May Day 2017, workers filled the streets all over the world for international workers day. In the US, many immigrants protested and struck. Here in Missouri, no one was […] The post May Day: The Original Labor Day appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, our show is called “Hate Has No Home Here.” We’ll cover reaction to the Olathe shooting at the Solidarity In Community meeting there […] The post Hate Has No Home Here appeared first on KKFI.

Does your zip code determine how long you’ll live? Find out this week on the Heartland Labor Forum about a new health report on Wyandotte County. Then, some local history: […] The post WYCO: Pick Your Zipcode to Live Longer and Reconstructing the Quindaro Ruins appeared first on KKFI.

Why Is Donald Trump President? What did union members have to do with him winning the electoral college? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum three labor educators from Michigan, […] The post Why is Donald Trump President? appeared first on KKFI.

Why Boycott Driscolls & An Economy Without Immigrants. It’s strawberry season, but before you bake that pie, look for the Driscoll label and don’t. There’s a boycott by workers in Mexico […] The post Why Boycott Driscolls & An Economy Without Immigrants appeared first on KKFI.

Ben Tulchin, Bernie Sanders’ pollster, and head of Tulchin Research, will join us on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum to discuss whether millennials who voted progressive in 2016 will continue […] The post Why Are So Many Millennials Socialists? And Refinery Town appeared first on KKFI.

In India, 40% of construction workers are women. Last January, a delegation of American tradeswomen traveled to India to build bridges and fight for the rights of women in the […] The post Tradeswomen Building Bridges to India and Kids March for One Race-Human Race appeared first on KKFI.

Last month, a diverse group of workers at Challenge Manufacturing near the airport showed Kansas City that even in the era of Trump, you can win a strike. Find out […] The post The Challenge Manufacturing Strike Victory and From Male to Female: How One Engineer Learned About Discrimination appeared first on KKFI.