Heartland Labor Forum

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we get some good news from Bangladesh about compensation for the Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013, then talk to Erik Loomis, whose […] The post A Victory for Bangladesh Garment Workers and Erik Loomis: The Corporate Outsourcing Catastrophe appeared first on KKFI.

Where does the idea behind Right to Work come from? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we interview Cedric deLeon whose new book, The Origins of Right to Work, […] The post The Origins of Right to Work by Cedric deLeon and Obamacare Survives the Supreme Court: What’s Next? appeared first on KKFI.

As Kansas City debates raising the minimum wage, this week’s Heartland Labor Forum asks the question: by how much? Should it go to $15 by 2020? We’ll get the views […] The post Why 15? The Kansas City Minimum Wage Increase appeared first on KKFI.

The European migrant crisis is all over the news. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll look into the crises behind the crisis including: war, imperialism, and poverty. Why […] The post Breaking into Fortress Europe: Migrants Across the Mediterranean appeared first on KKFI.

Last Fall Congress passed and President Obama signed a so-called Pension Reform Act allowing employers to reduce or suspend pension payments to retirees if a pension plan is “deeply troubled.” Teamster retirees face […] The post ERISA’s Demise: The Domino Effect and Huelga: Story from a Casino Utility Closet appeared first on KKFI.

Labor History in two minutes a day? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to Stephanie Sewell of the Illinois Labor History society about the new radio show […] The post Labor History in Two and Venezuela: Who’s the Real Threat? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview journalist Matt Kennard, author of The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs. the Masters of the Universe. Then, UC Berkeley’s Ian Perry explains what wage […] The post Matt Kennard: On the Trail of the Global Capitalist Racketeers and the High Public Cost of Low Fast Food Wages appeared first on KKFI.

Does the World Bank Work for Working People? Not according to a new study about how poor people are chased off their land to make way for shiny new projects […] The post Does the World Bank Work for Working People? and Pioneer Women appeared first on KKFI.

A hundred years ago, Kansas and Missouri were a hotbed of socialism. Rabble rousers like Mother Jones and Kate Richards O’Hare drew large crowds. There’s a new history of the […] The post A 100 Years Ago, Socialists Dominated MOKAN Labor – History of the Socialist Party and Women Battle Sexual Harassment at Ford Chicago appeared first on KKFI.

Why do so-called education reforms keep proposing the same failed strategies for education: blaming teachers, attacking tenure, proposing testing or charters or outright privatization? What are the strategies based on […] The post Teacher Wars: The Most Embattled Profession appeared first on KKFI.

Last week AT&T reported massive profits, but 17,000 workers in the Midwest who helped make them rich are working without a contract and facing demands for slashed healthcare, pensions, and […] The post AT&T on a Race to the Bottom? Home Healthcare Workers Fighting for a Union appeared first on KKFI.

It’s a hundred years since IWW organizer and songwriter Joe Hill was executed by the State of Utah. Hear his story and his music this week on the Heartland Labor […] The post Joe Hill’s Last Will with John McCutcheon appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Meet Vicky Hale – the new President at UAW Local 31. As their first ever woman Prez, she’s a Pioneer Woman. Last week, […] The post Pioneer Women: UAW 31’s Vicky Hale and Adjunct Professors Organize appeared first on KKFI.

The attack on public education has become an onslaught starting from the heights of the American Legislative Exchange Council and subverting institutions from Kindergarten through higher education with the myth […] The post From Public to Charter to Virtual: What’s Next for the Schools? appeared first on KKFI.

Some big union contracts are up this year. Will they begin a turnaround in labor’s fortunes? There was a near strike on the West Coast docks by the International Longshore […] The post Current Labor Struggles in Oil and Auto and on the Docks appeared first on KKFI.