In recent years, Missouri voters have bypassed a recalcitrant legislature to take burning issues directly to the voters through the initiative process. That’s how Missourians defeated right to work, raised the minimum wage, and expanded Medicaid. The majority in the legislature hate being bypassed and they’re trying to make it...
What’s it like to be on strike for almost a year? How do you stay hopeful? How do you pay the bills? What do you tell your kids? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll interview Haeden Wright, wife of a coal miner for Warrior Met Coal in Alabama...
Who are the good people who do the bad jobs no one wants, and at what cost? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we talk to the author of Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America. Then, has the Biden administration found a renewed...
We recognize and honor the life of Bill Onasch who died last year. Son of a KC meat packing worker, Bill cut his teeth on radical unionism and grew up to be a member, leader and organizer in several unions. He worked tirelessly to grow a labor party in the...
Irish immigrant silver miners in Colorado died penniless and were buried in pauper's graves. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to an historian who dug up their stories. Then-did you think that working from home would protect you from your boss’s prying eyes? Think again. The corporate...
Ever notice that the mainstream media rarely put the voices of workers on the air? Well, the Heartland Labor Forum does, and this week in our new union leaders series we’ll talk to Todd Howerton, President of Electrical Workers Local 124. Find out what apprentices and journeyman electricians do and...
As the mainstream media swells fears of inflation, blaming Biden, greedy workers, the supply chain and COVID, on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll ask economist Richard Wolff what’s the real cause. He says none of the above. Then, Google customer service workers are organizing a union. KC was Google’s first...
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, it’s Johnnie Kallas from Cornell University about his new Labor Action Tracker strike map of the US. It will help you see who needs your solidarity. Then, since Ronald Reagan busted the air traffic controllers, employers have knocked themselves out trying to permanently...
