Heartland Labor Forum

By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community RadioTV & Film Film Reviews

Heartland Labor Forum episodes

March 27, 2014 Are the 1%’s Top 1% Buying Our Elections?
Who’s behind the obscene manipulation of elections by super-rich donors? Are the 1%’s top 1% buying our elections? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll give you some answers […]
The post Are the 1%’s Top 1% Buying Our Elections? appeared first on KKFI.
1 hr
March 27, 2014 Are the 1%'s Top 1% Buying Our Elections?
Who’s behind the obscene manipulation of elections by super-rich donors? Are the 1%’s top 1% buying our elections? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll give you some answers and ask Ben Cohen about his more than a “half-baked” …
1 hr
March 21, 2014 Collective Bargaining and the Battle of Ohio
In Ohio in 2011, Gov. John Kasich, facing a budget crisis caused by Wall Street bankers, blames it on public employees and pushes through a bill gutting their collective bargaining […]
The post Collective Bargaining and the Battle of Ohio appeared first on KKFI.
1 hr
March 14, 2014 Bugs in the Volkswagen Election & Early Voting in MO
The union election at Volkswagen has caused political and legal disputes and reaction around the world. Thursday on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll interview In These Times reporter Mike Elk […]
The post Bugs in the Volkswagen Election & Early Voting in MO appeared first on KKFI.
1 hr
March 07, 2014 Union-Busting, Mexico Style
Many people know that NAFTA has been a disaster for Mexican workers, with lost jobs, increasing poverty and pressure to migrate, but few here have heard of the resistance by […]
The post Union-Busting, Mexico Style appeared first on KKFI.
1 hr 5 min
February 28, 2014 NNU Nurses Save Lives, Show Union Solidarity In Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we travel with National Nurses United to the Phillipines to hear about their RNRN program. That’s Registered Nurses Response Network. They have sent […]
The post NNU Nurses Save Lives, Show Union Solidarity In Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan appeared first on KKFI.
59 min
February 21, 2014 Run the Streetcars Non-Union? & Bandleader Lance Canales
KC is all excited about new streetcars, but City Manager Troy Schulte wants them on the cheap. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to Amalgamated Transit Union […]
The post Run the Streetcars Non-Union? & Bandleader Lance Canales appeared first on KKFI.
1 hr
February 14, 2014 Were The Workers Left In The Rubble?
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we return to the Bangladesh factory collapse with the International Labor Rights Forum and ask “‘Were The Workers Left In The Rubble?” Then, […]
The post Were The Workers Left In The Rubble? appeared first on KKFI.
59 min
February 07, 2014 Memorializing Pete Seeger & Will ERISA Get the Kiss of Death?
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’re changing our schedule to memorialize Pete Seeger–banjo player, balladeer, singalong leader, union member, and blacklisted by McCarthyites. Pete died last week, and […]
The post Memorializing Pete Seeger & Will ERISA Get the Kiss of Death? appeared first on KKFI.
58 min
January 31, 2014 The TPP: On A Roll; Still Flushable
The Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP: it’s the new NAFTA-style trade agreement the President is pushing. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, our show is called “The TPP: On A […]
The post The TPP: On A Roll; Still Flushable appeared first on KKFI.
59 min

About Heartland Labor Forum

From the publisher's feed

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…