The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is facing a new era of leadership and perhaps some sweeping changes. Longtime President James P. Hoffa is retiring and the election for his successor is hotly contested. Find out more this Thursday on the Heartland Labor Forum. Then, the National Labor Relations Board sets...
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we mark Indigenous People’s day and pay tribute to our First Nations. Then, we’ll ask why many progressive organizations resist unionization. We’ll get examples around the country, and talk to the United Media Guild’s Shannon Duffy about a situation closer to home. Tune...
We’ve heard a lot from the media about the new KC Airport: its design, its cost, its food choices, but little has been said lately about the workers – more than 900 of them – who are building it. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we go out to...
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, meet Bo Moreno, the new Business Manager of IBEW Local 124 whose highly skilled members wire Kansas City. Then, we’ll talk to Tom Gebken, Heartland Labor Forum volunteer and new president of CWA Local 6360. His members connect us in many ways from...
Workers of the World Unite! Let’s go to the movies. It’s the Workers Unite Film Festival, and this week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll hear all about it. Then eleven hundred coal miners have been on strike against Warrior Met since April 1. That’s right – over 5 months....
Long ago Mark and Val found their way into folk music via the 1960s folk revival and into British & Celtic trad from English folk-rock. They love to hear how other folks (particularly younger folks) found their way into folk music and what they're currently listening to and so are...
The AFL-CIO has a new president, the first woman – Liz Shuler, who got the job after the death of Richard Trumka. But elections are scheduled for next year, and already there are competing visions. So, it’s a great time to discuss the future of the US labor movement. This...
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...
