On June 27th, the Pregnant Worker Fairness Act went into effect with new protections for women workers. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum learn who is covered and what new rights new and expecting mothers in the workforce will have. Then how do you blow the whistle on safety...
We’ll be riding the bad bills clown car through Kansas and Missouri. Get on board to find out what’s happening in the legislatures. Bills are being proposed that would assault people’s rights, attack public education, defund public libraries, weaken children’s vaccination rates, and decimate unemployment benefits. We’ll get the latest...
Meet Saul Schniderman American labor’s culture maven, founder of the Great labor Arts Exchange, assembler of the national inventory of American labor landmarks, author of the Friday Labor Folklore newsletter, and the guy who found the house in Maryland where Mother Jones died in 1930. We’ll ask Saul about all...
Did any of you listeners wonder whether the Ohio rail derailment could happen here? Do we have bomb trains coming through KC? On the show we’ll find out from the experts: the rail workers who strive to keep us safe. Then we’ll ask why we can’t improve the antiquated rail...
The Kansas City Building Trades – the union of construction unions - has a new leader: Ralph Oropeza. We’ll ask Ralph about himself and whether he’s expecting a building boom in KC. Then do you know who put the roof on the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts? It was...
The National Nurses United represents the RNs at Menorah and Research Hospitals. Does HCA want to bust their union? Find out this week on the Heartland Labor Forum. Then, one of the most common labor law violations is worker misclassification. That’s when a worker is told they’re an independent contractor...
Between attacks on our public schools and what LGBTQ folk called “hate week” the Kansas legislature is full of bizarre agendas. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum well ask Sherman Smith from the Kansas Reflector to reflect on extremism in Topeka. Then, Kansas City Federation of Teachers and School-Related...
A Christmas Eve broadcast on KKFI 90.1FM at 7pm. Join star tenor Ben Bliss, his musical family including the band Barnaby Bright, and special guests in HOLIDAY BLISS, presented by the Harriman-Jewell Series and recorded live on Saturday, December 12, 2020, at the 1900 Building. The Artists Ben Bliss — vocals/host Mark Lowrey —...
