Heartland Labor Forum

Tonight, on the Heartland Labor Forum:  Has your metropolitan newspaper turned into a zombie? Is local news coverage just a fading memory? We’ll look at the corporatization of the media […]

The post The Fading of Local For-profit Print Media and Rise of the Non-Profits and Independence Firefighters’ Fight for Health Care appeared first on KKFI.

Do you ever think about the fact that just about everything you buy passes first through a warehouse? Then it gets delivered in a truck to a store or your […]

The post Jerry Wood of Teamsters Local 955 and Stories from the 1970s of Women in Non-Traditional Jobs with Jenny Agee – Trucker and Teamster Organizer appeared first on KKFI.

Ellen Cassidy was a founder of 9 to 5 the working women’s organization that became a union and and a movie with Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. We’ll […]

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The Kansas City labor community lost Herb Johnson over a year ago on October 18th 2021. On this Thanksgiving the Heartland Labor Forum will remember Herb’s life and honor him […]

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Have you dreamt of a world where your job gives you fulfillment and respect? Where income inequality and discrimination have disappeared? Where we have health care for all? We will […]

The post Work Work Work: Labor, Alienation & Class by Michael Yates and Will Jay Ashcroft Take Away Your Right to Read? appeared first on KKFI.

The US Supreme Court is about to hear a case that could have devastating consequences for unions. The issue is whether unions can be sued in state court for economic […]

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We’ll find out why zookeepers in Salina Kansas (yes there’s a zoo there) just voted to be represented by a union. Then, railway track workers in the BMWE voted against […]

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School librarians weigh in on recent book banning, how students are affected, and the recently proposed rule by the Missouri Secretary of State to ban books at public libraries. Are […]

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The Kansas City Missouri School District just announced its Blueprint 2030, an ambitious plan of transformation including the closing of ten schools. We’ll talk to Jason Roberts, president of the […]

The post What’s the Teachers’ Union Have to Say about the KCMO School Closings? and Ironworkers’ Dave Coleman appeared first on KKFI.

On Labor Day ROC United introduced the Restaurant Worker Bill of Rights, with model local, state, and federal legislation. Find out how they want to add some rights to your […]

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