Podcast - Heartland Labor Forum Archives • KKFI

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 the boss! Whether you’re a union member or your workplace isn’t organized, Heartland Labor Forum (HLF) has stories for you, guaranteed to inspire, educate, or enrage you.

David Kingsley Asks: Is Medicare Advantage a Scam? and Shifting Gears; Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics

Do feel assaulted and confused by the abundance of Medicare Advantage ads filled with endorsements by celebrities? Tune into the Heartland Labor Forum Thursday as we clear up deceptions and explain the Medicare Advantage rip-off. Then, when the Canadian autoworkers broke away from the UAW, they built a progressive social...

12/09/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPod

What Can We Learn from the Great Depression? and IRIS Workers Organizing

In the 1930s American workers responded to the greatest economic crisis in our history, with an upsurge of organizing, and they forced government to respond. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we talk to historian Dana Frank about her new book, What Can We Learn from the Great Depression?...

12/02/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPod

Thanks for the Labor Music

Workers have been singing while working and singing about working since antiquity. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we give thanks for labor and work songs that they’ve written. Work songs alleviate boredom and synchronize the work. We’ll hear classics from Billy Bragg, Joe Glazer, and Anne Feeney, as...

11/26/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPod

Missouri Initiative Debrief on Amendment 3 and Prop A and The Right to Read Coalition

We’ll look at two ballot measures that won: Prop A will increase the Missouri minimum wage to $15 and mandate paid sick leave for most workers and Amendment 3 removes Missouri’s almost total ban on abortion. We’ll talk to the chief strategists of both campaigns Rachel Sweet and Richard Von...

11/19/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPod

Where Does the Labor Movement Go from Here? and Labor Leader Series: CWA Local 6327’s Tanya Holmes

It’s been a year since veteran labor strategists Rand Wilson and Pete Olney discussed the chances of a “labor movement moment” on the Heartland Labor Forum. This week we’ll ask them about the triumphs of this year and the obstacles labor faces in the next. Then, call center and retail...

11/12/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPod

Teresa Ghilarducci: Is Your Employer Selling Off Your Pension? and HELU, Higher Education Labor United

Pension expert Teresa Ghilarducci returns to the Heartland Labor Forum this week to explain how some corporations are selling off workers’ pension plans and putting them at risk. Find out if your employer is selling your pension. Then, as higher education gets more and more corporatized unions across the country...

11/06/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPod

Two Books Perfect for Halloween: Not All Fun and Games and Building Power, Breaking Power

For Halloween, we feature two books about blood-thirsty bosses. First book is called Not All Fun and Games about the super-profitable North American video game industry which squeezes the sweat from its workers. Then we look at how the disaster capitalists and union busters remade public education in New Orleans...

10/29/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPod

News Guild Leader John Schleuss Challenging Lords of a Dying Industry and Union Leader Series: Firefighters 781’s Mike Veit

Do you still read the paper? Is it even made of paper? Is the newspaper industry changing or dying? We’ll see what Jon Schluess, President of the CWA News Guild has to say about that and how the Guild protects its journalist members. Then, kids dream of being firefighters. They...

10/22/2024

By Judy Ancel#LaborRadioPod