Wyandotte County is electing a new mayor and there are a lot of contenders for the job. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll have highlights from this week’s candidate forum. Then, we’ll have voices from the picket line at Frito Lay in Topeka. Tune in Thursday at 6pm, Rebroadcast Friday at 5am. The post Unified Government of Wyandotte County KCK Mayor/CEO Candidate Forum & Voices from the Frito-Lay Picket Line appeared first on KKFI.

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Unified Government of Wyandotte County KCK Mayor/CEO Candidate Forum & Voices from the Frito-Lay Picket Line

Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas, Listen Liberal, and Pity the Billionaire is in town this month visiting his Dad. He’ll be on the Heartland Labor Forum this week and we’ll ask him, “What’s the matter now, Tom?” We’ll get his take on populism, the Democrats and what the Wuhan lab leak […] The post What’s the Matter with Thomas Frank? appeared first on KKFI.

What’s the Matter with Thomas Frank?

In the past 6 months, Critical Race Theory has been at the front of a media storm of fear and misinformation about the role of racism in our history.  This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll clear up these misconceptions and ask education expert Dr. Denisha Jones what Critical Race Theory is, and what’s behind the […] The post The Latest Scam Scare: Critical Race Theory appeared first on KKFI.

The Latest Scam Scare: Critical Race Theory

First it was five, then it was three, then two, and now the railroad companies want only one worker running an entire train. If they get their way, those one-man trains will be barreling through Kansas City’s numerous rail lines and yards and on across the nation. Find out more this week on the Heartland […] The post Are One-Man Trains Comin’ Down the Track? And Help Wanted: Heartland Labor Forum Volunteers appeared first on KKFI.

Are One-Man Trains Comin’ Down the Track? And Help Wanted: Heartland Labor Forum Volunteers

Jeremy Brecher has written fifteen books on labor and social movements. His best seller, Strike, originally written in 1972, was just updated for its 50th anniversary. We’ll interview him this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Find out about mass strikes in the US from the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 to recent strikes of […] The post Jeremy Brecher’s Updated ‘Strike’ appeared first on KKFI.

Jeremy Brecher’s Updated ‘Strike’

When you think of labor leaders, think women. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll profile two local women leaders. Alise Martiny leads the KC Building Trades. She’s making sure the airport gets done right. She also knows first-hand the challenges women in construction face on the job. We then flip to the president […] The post Two Women Labor Leaders: Alise Martiny and Antoinette Robinson appeared first on KKFI.

Two Women Labor Leaders: Alise Martiny and Antoinette Robinson

Once upon a time, you could work for one company your whole adult life, you could make a decent living, and you could buy your piece of the American Dream. Not any more, says Dan McCrory, who started at the phone company in 1973 and has written Capitalism Killed the Middle Class; 25 Ways the […] The post Dan McCrory, How Capitalism Killed the Middle Class and Rigged the System and New AFSCME Local 500 President Reginald Silvers appeared first on KKFI.

Dan McCrory, How Capitalism Killed the Middle Class and Rigged the System and New AFSCME Local 500 President Reginald Silvers

As we reopen after a year of COVID, what’s happening to the so-called heroes who do essential work? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll look at how we failed essential workers, whether we’re still failing them, and what would have been a better approach. Tune in Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at 5am. The post How We Failed Essential Workers appeared first on KKFI.

How We Failed Essential Workers

The attack on public education is nothing new, but recent legislation coming out of the Missouri Legislature has public school teachers fighting back. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we will talk to Jess Piper, a teacher, about the school voucher program and its impact on Missouri education. Then, novelist Eric Lotke tells us about his […] The post Missouri’s School Voucher Problem & Eric Lotke: Union Made appeared first on KKFI.

Missouri’s School Voucher Problem & Eric Lotke: Union Made

After over a year of the pandemic and its resulting economic ruin, and as politicians now debate when to kick people off unemployment, isn’t it time to revisit the idea of full employment? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll air a forum on labor and a jobs guarantee and hear how the promise […] The post The Jobs Guarantee: Is Full Employment Possible? appeared first on KKFI.

The Jobs Guarantee: Is Full Employment Possible?

Scabby the Rat, the iconic supersized symbol of anti-union employers across America, has been under attack by Trumpers in the NLRB. Find out on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum whether this defender of workers’ rights can escape the trap and continue to shame the union busters. Then, our two minute profile for labor history month […] The post Long Live Scabby the Rat! and Sarah Lloyd Green and the Kansas City General Strike appeared first on KKFI.

Long Live Scabby the Rat! and Sarah Lloyd Green and the Kansas City General Strike

KKFI has been discouraging the use of words that dehumanize people in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. So what about words like “illegal” and “alien?” This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we discuss the book A is for Asylum: How We Talk about Immigration. Then, volunteer Tom Gebken interviews our lead […] The post A is for Asylum: How We Talk about Immigration and Judy Ancel: The Heart of the Labor Forum appeared first on KKFI.

A is for Asylum: How We Talk about Immigration and Judy Ancel: The Heart of the Labor Forum

Is organized labor up for the fight against climate change? Do climate activists get the importance of transitions to good clean jobs?  This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we celebrate May Day – International Labor Day – and Earth Day with interviews on these key questions with labor and environmental leaders and scholars. We’ll […] The post May the Earth Have Another Day – Celebrating Earth Day and May Day appeared first on KKFI.

May the Earth Have Another Day – Celebrating Earth Day and May Day

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we spend the show with longtime successful organizer Jane McAlevey. We ask her what happened at Amazon, how to defeat the union busters, and what’s the first step a worker here in Kansas City should take if they’re fed up and want a union where they work. McAlevey […] The post Jane McAlevey: A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing and the Fight for Democracy appeared first on KKFI.

Jane McAlevey: A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing and the Fight for Democracy

It’s the last month of this year’s legislative session in Missouri. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to Minority Leader Crystal Quade and Senator Barbara Washington about Medicaid Expansion, charter school growth, infrastructure, COVID relief funds, and, of course, the usual attacks on unions. Tune in Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at […] The post Missouri Legislative Sum-up with Rep. Crystal Quade and Barbara Washington appeared first on KKFI.

Missouri Legislative Sum-up with Rep. Crystal Quade and Barbara Washington

This podcast tracks the audio archives for the “Heartland Labor Forum” radio show. The Heartland Labor Forum is Kansas City’s only program about the workplace. It’s radio that talks back to the boss! Whether you’re a union member or your workplace isn’t organized, Heartland Labor Forum (HLF) has stories for you, guaranteed to inspire, educate, or enrage you.

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