Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas, Listen Liberal, and Pity the Billionaire is in town this month visiting his Dad. He’ll be on the Heartland Labor Forum this week and we’ll ask him, “What’s the matter now, Tom?” We’ll get his take on populism, the Democrats and...
As we reopen after a year of COVID, what’s happening to the so-called heroes who do essential work? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll look at how we failed essential workers, whether we’re still failing them, and what would have been a better approach. Tune in Thursday at...
Scabby the Rat, the iconic supersized symbol of anti-union employers across America, has been under attack by Trumpers in the NLRB. Find out on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum whether this defender of workers’ rights can escape the trap and continue to shame the union busters. Then, our two minute...
KKFI has been discouraging the use of words that dehumanize people in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. So what about words like “illegal” and “alien?” This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we discuss the book A is for Asylum: How We Talk about Immigration. Then, volunteer...
Is organized labor up for the fight against climate change? Do climate activists get the importance of transitions to good clean jobs? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we celebrate May Day – International Labor Day - and Earth Day with interviews on these key questions with labor and...
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we spend the show with longtime successful organizer Jane McAlevey. We ask her what happened at Amazon, how to defeat the union busters, and what’s the first step a worker here in Kansas City should take if they’re fed up and want a...
It’s the last month of this year’s legislative session in Missouri. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to Minority Leader Crystal Quade and Senator Barbara Washington about Medicaid Expansion, charter school growth, infrastructure, COVID relief funds, and, of course, the usual attacks on unions. Tune in Thursday...
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll focus on radical unions. First, we’ll talk to Toni Gilpin about her new book The Long Deep Grudge: A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War in the American Heartland. Then, workers at Google are forming the Alphabet Workers Union,...
