Heartland Labor Forum

New Year’s Eve is one of the biggest cab hailing nights of the year, so on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum, it’s a good time to revisit one of the […] The post The Rise Of The “Sharing Economy” (ENCORE) & Top Labor Stories of 2015 appeared first on KKFI.

On Christmas Eve, on the Heartland Labor Forum, two union maids will bring you our annual Peace on Earth show. It’s not your typical peace on earth show though. It’s […] The post Race to Nowhere: Reforming K-12 and A Holiday Wish: No War but the Class War appeared first on KKFI.

Suddenly TIF is back in the news with the hotel and Crossroads projects. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll find out why citizens are once again mad about […] The post Welcome to Hotel TIF and Richard Wolff: Co-ops Work appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview David Cay Johnston, tax expert and investigative journalist. We’ll ask him about offshore tax loopholes, record breaking inequality, out of control […] The post David Cay Johnston: In-Shoring Prosperity and Why Are Canadian Unions Stronger? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we explore the conditions for child care workers and for Kansas teachers. Tune in to “Rock-a-bye Baby The Wages Is Crazy”; and then […] The post Rock-a-bye Baby The Wages Is Crazy and Why Are Kansas Teachers Fleeing? appeared first on KKFI.

A community health worker is a bridge between traditionally underserved populations and needed health information, support and care, as well as important basic and social services. It’s a new job […] The post Community Health Workers – Good Deal for Workers and Patients appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Sheet Metal Workers and Sierra Club Team Up to Demand Missouri Move toward Energy Efficiency – “Missourians are paying too much on our […] The post Sheet Metal Workers and Sierra Club Team Up to Demand Missouri Move toward Energy Efficiency and What’s Up with Auto Bargaining? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview Steven Hill about his new book Raw Deal: How the “Uber Economy” and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers.Then, Adia Wingfield […] The post The Uber Economy; A Raw Deal and What’s in a Name? Profiling in Hiring appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we talk to labor radio producer Rick Smith about his new book Daddy, What’s the Middle Class? It’s about a cross country trip […] The post Daddy, What’s the Middle Class appeared first on KKFI.

Ai-Jen Poo, leader of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, has a new book: The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America. We’ll talk to her […] The post Ai-Jen Poo: Age of Dignity and Familias Unidas Take on Driscoll appeared first on KKFI.

Some want to kick them out; others want to welcome them in: what are the candidates’ positions on immigration? And on Pioneer Women, we interview Cindy Longaker, woman of steel and […] The post Where Do the Candidates Stand on Immigration? And Pioneer Women appeared first on KKFI.

Some unions have already endorsed in the 2016 presidential race. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask why unions are endorsing now? Should the members be polled? And […] The post When Should Unions Endorse? appeared first on KKFI.

Our Walmart is relaunching for the holiday season. Find out how this union buster could be affected this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Then, some union members are asking: […] The post Our Walmart Relaunch, & Should Police Unions Be in the House of Labor? appeared first on KKFI.

In the 1970s, there was a huge effort to pass an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. It narrowly failed, and Equality Now’s Jessica Neuwirth says it’s time to bring […] The post Jessica Neuwirth: Bring Back the ERA and Is Charter Partners Just Sneaky Privatization? appeared first on KKFI.

Like the Democrats in the U.S., the British Labour Party has been moving to the right. Now British unions are backing an outspoken socialist for leader of the Labour Party. […] The post Will There Be a British Labor Party Resurrection with JC? and More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing appeared first on KKFI.

It’s Women’s Equality Week on the Heartland Labor Forum. We’ll interview two Pioneer Working Women. First, Janet Smith organized and became President of the Faculty Union at University of Illinois […] The post Women’s Equality Week – Two Pioneer Working Women Tell Their Stories appeared first on KKFI.

Reverend William Barber has inspired thousands in the Moral Mondays Movement in North Carolina and across the nation. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll hear why he says: […] The post Rev. William Barber: America Lacks Heart and Bad Ass Teachers Unite appeared first on KKFI.

Bullies. They’re on the playground, in our homes, in the workplace and government. Is bullying on the rise or are we just more willing to name it and stand up […] The post Bullies In The Workplace appeared first on KKFI.

With a Socialist running for President as a Democrat, the Heartland Labor Forum decided to look at socialists from the past who ran. Join us for trip back to the […] The post A Socialist for President? Not the First Time and When Tenure Goes, What Happens to Academic Freedom? appeared first on KKFI.

Every week since late May, thousands of Hondurans take to the streets in torch marches to protest the theft of millions of dollars of their health care funds by government […] The post Honduras: Laboratory for Privatization appeared first on KKFI.