Heartland Labor Forum

Will jobs on the new KC streetcars be good jobs? We’ll find out from the union that represents the Area Transportation Authority bus drivers, ATU Local 1287 this week on […] The post A Streetcar Named Non-Union and MO Legislature to KC: “Bend Uber” appeared first on KKFI.

The exit of manufacturing jobs from Michigan in recent decades turned it into a rust belt, and now the rust is more than a metaphor. It’s in the poisoned water […] The post Welcome to “Pure” Michigan appeared first on KKFI.

Add one more black eye for The University of Missouri-Columbia: Refusal to bargain or recognize a union. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk with graduate teaching assistants […] The post MU Graduate Teaching Assistants Denied Union Representation Election and A Preview of the Upcoming Labor Notes Conference appeared first on KKFI.

The passing of Father John Wandless late last year left his What U Can Do program to politically empower minority youth in limbo. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, […] The post Father Lefty Empowering Youth and The New Education Reform: Will Children Still Be Left Behind? appeared first on KKFI.

In the past few years the Chicago Teachers Union has won a reputation as one of the most innovative and participative unions in the U.S. This week on the Heartland […] The post What’s New from the Chicago Teachers? and Xenophobia: Are We a Nation of Anti-Immigrants? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we look at two successful grassroots citizen campaigns in Kansas City. First in the wake of BNIM’s withdrawal from the Crossroads project, we […] The post TIFF: Arrested Development and Honeywell Not Well appeared first on KKFI.

Curious about Presidential candidate positions on labor issues? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we feature spokespeople and info about Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz and the Donald […] The post The Presidential Frontrunners: Who Is a Friend of Labor? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: In the 1950’s St. Louis labor leaders Harold Gibbons and Ernest Calloway championed a new kind of labor movement embracing workers as “total […] The post Harold Gibbons and Ernest Calloway: Fighting for Total Person Unionism and Enemies in Blue appeared first on KKFI.

It was a take-no-prisoners kind of a fight. That’s the battle between US Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa which filled the headlines and the courtrooms in […] The post Vendetta: Bobby Kennedy vs Jimmy Hoffa and Labor Responses to COP21 appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk about the Junior Rat-race in our schools known as testing. According to our guest, it’s over-testing and the harm it does […] The post Junior Rat-race: the Problem of Over-testing and Hippy Scabs Are Still Scabs appeared first on KKFI.

New Year’s Eve is one of the biggest cab hailing nights of the year, so on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum, it’s a good time to revisit one of the […] The post The Rise Of The “Sharing Economy” (ENCORE) & Top Labor Stories of 2015 appeared first on KKFI.

On Christmas Eve, on the Heartland Labor Forum, two union maids will bring you our annual Peace on Earth show. It’s not your typical peace on earth show though. It’s […] The post Race to Nowhere: Reforming K-12 and A Holiday Wish: No War but the Class War appeared first on KKFI.

Suddenly TIF is back in the news with the hotel and Crossroads projects. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll find out why citizens are once again mad about […] The post Welcome to Hotel TIF and Richard Wolff: Co-ops Work appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview David Cay Johnston, tax expert and investigative journalist. We’ll ask him about offshore tax loopholes, record breaking inequality, out of control […] The post David Cay Johnston: In-Shoring Prosperity and Why Are Canadian Unions Stronger? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we explore the conditions for child care workers and for Kansas teachers. Tune in to “Rock-a-bye Baby The Wages Is Crazy”; and then […] The post Rock-a-bye Baby The Wages Is Crazy and Why Are Kansas Teachers Fleeing? appeared first on KKFI.

A community health worker is a bridge between traditionally underserved populations and needed health information, support and care, as well as important basic and social services. It’s a new job […] The post Community Health Workers – Good Deal for Workers and Patients appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum: Sheet Metal Workers and Sierra Club Team Up to Demand Missouri Move toward Energy Efficiency – “Missourians are paying too much on our […] The post Sheet Metal Workers and Sierra Club Team Up to Demand Missouri Move toward Energy Efficiency and What’s Up with Auto Bargaining? appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we interview Steven Hill about his new book Raw Deal: How the “Uber Economy” and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers.Then, Adia Wingfield […] The post The Uber Economy; A Raw Deal and What’s in a Name? Profiling in Hiring appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we talk to labor radio producer Rick Smith about his new book Daddy, What’s the Middle Class? It’s about a cross country trip […] The post Daddy, What’s the Middle Class appeared first on KKFI.

Ai-Jen Poo, leader of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, has a new book: The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America. We’ll talk to her […] The post Ai-Jen Poo: Age of Dignity and Familias Unidas Take on Driscoll appeared first on KKFI.