This week on The Heartland Labor Forum, we look into the explosion of bills attacking teachers and dumbing-down education across Missouri. We'll cover bills expanding charter schools, banning critical race theory in favor of teaching fairy tales, bills requiring parental oversight of professionals -- that is, teachers -- and bills...
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, it’s New York Times reporter Peter Goodman on his new book Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World. Goodman lampoons ultra-rich guys as a voracious uber-species preying on all of us. Then- employers have long used threats and coercion to oppose union...
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...
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...
Val was listening to KKFI earlier this week and heard someone refer to the station as “one giant mix tape”. Not only is that very true, it became the inspiration for Sunday’s show. If you listen to Foolkiller Folk regularly, you know that Mark & Val, Bob & Diana, and...
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...
Mark & Valerie have an unusual (for us) show this week. Usually our shows are all about the music. This show is about the topic. A couple of months ago Valerie was talking with fellow KKFI programmer Nightshade about Norman Blake and the song Last Train From Poor Valley. One...
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...
