Heartland Labor Forum

“We don’t trust teachers to teach, we’re banning books, we’re doing educational gag orders, but now because of the politics, we trust them to carry a loaded firearm.” So says […]

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There’s an apprenticeship program for people who want to find work in the industrial sewing and garment trades. Indeed, Kansas City’s Sewing Labs offers the only apprenticeship program in sewing […]

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We take a ride on the bad bills clown car through Kansas and Missouri. Get on board to find out what’s happening in the legislatures.  Bills are being proposed that […]

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We’ll be riding the bad bills clown car through Kansas and Missouri. Get on board to find out what’s happening in the legislatures.  Bills are being proposed that would assault […]

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Meet Saul Schniderman American labor’s culture maven, founder of the Great labor Arts Exchange, assembler of the national inventory of American labor landmarks, author of the Friday Labor Folklore newsletter, […]

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Did any of you listeners wonder whether the Ohio rail derailment could happen here? Do we have bomb trains coming through KC? On the show we’ll find out from the […]

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The Kansas City Building Trades – the union of construction unions – has a new leader: Ralph Oropeza. We’ll ask Ralph about himself and whether he’s expecting a building boom […]

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There’s a new book out on how organized labor can build its power to take on corporate America and win. It asks how we get the leverage necessary to force […]

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The National Nurses United represents the RNs at Menorah and Research Hospitals. Does HCA want to bust their union? Find out this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Then, one […]

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Between attacks on our public schools and what LGBTQ folk called “hate week” the Kansas legislature is full of bizarre agendas. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum well ask […]

The post Sherman Smith, Reflecting on the Kansas Legislature and Kansas City Public Schools Update from AFT Local 691 – New Superintendent and big Contract Win! appeared first on KKFI.