Heartland Labor Forum

By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio

Heartland Labor Forum is Kansas City's only program about the workplace. It is produced by and for our working people. We have been agitating on the air since 1989. Find out who is busting unions and ... more

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February 05, 2021 Isn’t It Time for Paid Leave?
One would think that during a pandemic workers who stock the grocery shelves, cook our take-out orders, and process our meat would at least get paid sick leave to get […]
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January 29, 2021 Mike Stout: The Homestead Steel Mill: The Final 10 Years & Love & Solidarity, the Amazing Life of Rev. James Lawson
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, Steelworker Mike Stout chronicles the closing of the famous Homestead Steel Mill in a new book which is a manual for fighting plant […]
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January 19, 2021 Thomas Frank and his new book: The People No: A History of Anti-Populism
Kansas City native Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas, has a new book about American populism and the long trail of elites who hate it. It’s called The People. . .NO! A Brief History of Anti-populism. Find out why pundits called Donald Trump a populist and why he’s nothing of the kind. We’ve got Tom Frank for the whole show this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Tune in Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at 5am.
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January 15, 2021 Working Class History Podcast & Milan, MO’s Rural Workers Community Alliance
“History isn’t made by kings and politicians, it is made by us.” So say the people who wrote Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance and Rebellion. This week on […]
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January 08, 2021 Nurses & Techs Still Fighting COVID
Exhausted hospital and healthcare workers continue to be in the front lines fighting COVID-19. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, join healthcare workers and Tim Sheard, a nurse turned […]
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January 01, 2021 New Year’s Eve: Looking Back/Looking Forward
This week’s Heartland Labor Forum is on New Year’s Eve. Our volunteer producers are picking short clips of our favorite interviews to air as we bid good riddance to the […]
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December 25, 2020 The Truth About Santa’s Workshop
It’s almost Christmas Eve, and Santa is loading the sled with toys. But, hark! The elves are on strike and will tell all on the Heartland Labor Forum about what […]
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December 18, 2020 How Did the PO Do in the Election & COVID Slams Youth & Women Workers
After all the alarm about votes lost in the mail, we’ll ask Andy Tuttle, Kansas State President of the union of Letter Carriers, if all the votes got delivered and […]
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December 11, 2020 Jake Hummel & The PRO Act
First, he was an electrician. Next, he served in the Missouri House and Senate. Now Jake Hummel is President of the Missouri AFL-CIO. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, […]
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December 03, 2020 “Blood Runs Coal” & COVID + Healthcare Workers
The brutal murder in 1968 of Jock Yablonski and his family by United Mineworker president Tony Boyle sent shockwaves through the labor movement. Its impact inspired a surge in union democracy across labor’s ranks. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk about it to Mark Bradley, author of Blood Runs Coal. Then, we’ll hear from respiratory therapists who have travelled to places where the pandemic is strongest to care for its victims. Their stories are riveting. Tune in Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at 5am.
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FAQs about Heartland Labor Forum:

How many episodes does Heartland Labor Forum have?

The podcast currently has 869 episodes available.