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This podcast tracks the audio archives for the “Heartland Labor Forum” radio show. The Heartland Labor Forum is Kansas City’s only program about the workplace. It’s radio that talks back to...
Two veteran union organizers: Pete Olney and Rand Wilson discuss the compelling need to organize Amazon and what that effort could learn fro...
With the midterms less than a month away, The Heartland Labor Forum is asking candidates what they think about working class issues. This we...
You’ve probably heard that coal miners would take a canary into a mine because canaries drop dead before miners do when exposed to poison ga...
The Midterms are barreling toward us with lots of fresh recruits wanting to unseat incumbents. We’ll focus on three Kansas races - the first...
We visit the promised land, or is it? Scandinavian social democracy means universal healthcare, pensions, paid family leave and unions for m...
Kansas City area voters should know before the we air on Thursday at 6pm which district and what candidates for Congress they can vote for....
Tennessee didn’t just produce Dolly Parton. The Highlander Center arose there in spite of Tennessee. It is a school for the movement - first...
Do early child care facilities work for working families? The answer is no — at least not for union and trades families. This week on the He...
A hundred years ago in Kansas City Kansas, the KKK ruled. In fact, for three decades, they held substantial control of city government while...
The climate change deniers haven’t stopped our forests and fields from burning this summer. So, this week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll...
Did you learn any labor history in school? Probably not much. We’ll find out from Adam Sanchez of Rethinking Schools Magazine why it’s impor...
In 2022 the Heartland Labor Forum interviewed author Natasha Iskander who investigated the massive worker rights violations at the Doha Worl...
It’s not often that union members become politicians, but Kevin King, former labor leader is now mayor of Independence. We’ll get his story....
The August 4 th Kansas ballot has a blockbuster constitutional amendment to change the way the state Supreme Court is selected. This week on...
What is the status of the Green New Deal and the Inflation Reduction Act now that Trump is President? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum...
Labor educator and activist Les Leopold has given up on the Democratic Party and written a book called The Billionaires Have Two Parties; We...
We explore two books. First, New York Times reporter Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College Educated Working Class who f...
The National Labor Relations Board will soon have a Republican majority, meaning that the rollback of Biden-era union protections is imminen...
It’s KKFI’s Summer Fund Drive! PLEASE DONATE DURING THE SHOW OR ANYTIME. YOU CAN CALL 888-931-0901 OR GO TO KKFI.ORG . Thursday, on the Hear...
We discuss the proposed Kansas City Royals stadium to be built at Crown Center in partnership with Hallmark. The plan seems to be creating m...