Last year, under pressure from citizens, the city of Kansas City, Missouri conducted a Pay Equity Analysis Report. Did it find that women city workers have equal pay to men? Did it even ask the right questions? Find out this week on the Heartland Labor Forum when we talk to...
Ed Asner died on August 29th. He was Kansas City born and raised, and he made it big in Hollywood, winning a bundle of Emmys for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and it's sequel, Lou Grant. Ed was also a union leader. He was President of the Screen Actors Guild...
It's almost Labor Day, and the volunteers of the Heartland Labor Forum are celebrating by sharing our recommendations of our favorite books about working people. We’ll also share some favorite labor songs and reveal the origins of our theme song, "Step by Step". Tune in Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday...
For years, New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse was one of only a couple left in the US: then, he retired. Turns out, he’s still covering labor, and this week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to him about his book, Beaten Down; Worked Up. Then, we’ll ask...
As the workplace changes, so does resistance by workers to increased exploitation. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll interview Robert Ovetz on his book on Global Class Struggle: its strategies, tactics and goals. Then, Jesus Chuy Negrete, folklorist, musicologist, radio producer, performer and teacher died in May. This...
They don’t get much notice, but union officers are important leaders of Kansas City’s working class. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’re catching them coming and going. We’ll talk to Michael Bell, Recording Secretary of Laborers Local 264 who is retiring and to Jason Roberts, new President of...
The KC Tenants Union fights to keep people housed amidst the pandemic and end of the eviction moratorium. They expose mega corporate slum lords and defend renters from being displaced. They’ll be on the Heartland Labor Forum this week to talk about their campaigns for the mobile home residents being...
Wyandotte County is electing a new mayor and there are a lot of contenders for the job. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll have highlights from this week’s candidate forum. Then, we’ll have voices from the picket line at Frito Lay in Topeka. Tune in Thursday at 6pm,...
