Heartland Labor Forum

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we ask about Japanese workers: Do they have unions? What are their rights?” How do they try to make a difference? We’ll find […] The post Do Japanese Workers Have Rights? And Al Gore’s Inconvenient Sequel appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview Greg Leroy of Good Jobs First about their new database of corporate tax giveaways and a clever accounting rule that could […] The post The Great Job Creation Scam: Wisconsin’s New “FoxCon” and Subsidizing Robot Jobs appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Remember when we couldn’t bring signs to demonstrations because they could be used as weapons? Since Charlottesville, people are bringing weapons!! What happens […] The post The Right to Protest: A Roundtable Discussion appeared first on KKFI.

ADAPT took hundreds to DC twice to break the back of Trumpcare. They succeeded. Hear about it this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Then, isn’t it about time to […] The post Disabling Medicaid and The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Uniting Rail Workers appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to Lane Windham, whose new book, Knocking on Labor’s Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of the New […] The post Lane Windham, Knocking on Labor’s Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of the New Economic Divide and The NAACP Travel Advisory appeared first on KKFI.

When Trump cuts the federal budget, he’s cutting pensions for federal workers including postal employees. How bad are they, and what are federal worker unions doing to push back? We’ll […] The post Trump Attack on the Federal Workforce and Does It Pay to Go to College? appeared first on KKFI.

Missouri Labor faces an existential crisis in the passage of a so-called Right to Work bill, but they’re fighting back with teams of determined volunteers, armed with petitions aimed at […] The post The Right to Work Signature Campaign and Greitens’ Dark Money appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Carl Icahn is an old foe in Kansas City, but he’s back in national news. As an investigation of his conflict of interest […] The post Shame on Carl Icahn and Preemption and the Minimum Wage appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, our guest is Micah Kubic, executive director of the Kansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. He tells us, “We exist for […] The post The ACLU: Immigrant Rights appeared first on KKFI.

The post Women’s Equality Week: Why Can’t Women TV Anchors Reach Retirement on the Job? And What Does Roe v. Wade Have To Do with Women’s Equality? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, comedian and social commentator Lee Camp asks not if robots will get your job but who will benefit when they do. Then, with […] The post Will Robots Get Your Job? And Blackballed: Race, Politics, and Football appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, the topic is workers across borders and workers who cross borders. We’ll ask David Wilson, who has just updated The Politics of Immigration, […] The post The Politics of Immigration and Invisible Hands: Voices from the Global Economy appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask, “Is vocational education disappearing or coming back?” Have we made a false choice between college and skills training? Later, we go […] The post Is Vo-Tech Shrinking? and Street Medical Care for All appeared first on KKFI.

Why do we have extreme economic inequality in the richest country in the world? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to Les Leopold about his new book, […] The post A Plan to Put the Brakes on Runaway Inequality and Countering Hate without Feeding The Trolls appeared first on KKFI.

Taxi Drivers on Strike! Tune to the Heartland Labor Forum for a special broadcast of Waiting for Lefty, a play by Cliff Odets performed by UMKC Theatre students and faculty. […] The post “Waiting for Lefty” by SAVE UMKC THEATRE Students & Faculty appeared first on KKFI.

Amid budget shortfalls, so-called “non-core” programs are under attack from UMKC administrators, but faculty, staff, students and community members are fighting back. Tune in to the Heartland Labor Forum for an […] The post UMKC’s Latest Round of Layoffs~SAVE UMKC THEATRE and Labor Studies Program Suspended: What Now? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we take another look at how the Labour party is reshaping politics across the pond in the UK. What does the rise of […] The post The British Elections: What Do They Mean for Labor and Big Bucks for the Boot Heel: Good Deal or Not? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum:  How can we grow and improve our cities without the threat of gentrification? This week, we talk to Peter Moskowitz about his book […] The post Peter Moscowitz, How to Kill a City and Jonathan Rosenblum, Beyond $15 appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll interview Gordon Lafer about his new book which asks what elites are doing with all their new-found power. We’ll review with him […] The post Gordon Lafer: The 1% Solution and Builidng the Kansas City Skyline appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask about Detroit: Are the Engines Restarting? We start with a history tour of Detroit labor from its heyday in auto and […] The post Detroit: Are the Engines Restarting? appeared first on KKFI.