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This podcast tracks the audio archives for the “Heartland Labor Forum” radio show. The Heartland Labor Forum is Kansas City’s only program about the workplace. It’s radio that talks back to the boss! Whether you’re a union member or your workplace isn’t organized, Heartland Labor Forum (HLF) has stories for you, guaranteed to inspire, educate, or enrage you.
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News Guild Leader John Schleuss Challenging Lords of a Dying Industry and Union Leader Series: Firefighters 781’s Mike Veit
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Do you still read the paper? Is it even made of paper? Is the newspaper industry changing or dying? We’ll see what Jon Schluess, President of the CWA News Guild […] The post News Guild Leader John Schleuss Challenging Lords of a Dying Industry and Union Leader Series: Firefighters 781’s Mike Veit appeared first on KKFI.…
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Teresa Ghilarducci: Is Your Employer Selling Off Your Pension? and HELU, Higher Education Labor United
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Pension expert Teresa Ghilarducci returns to the Heartland Labor Forum this week to explain how some corporations are selling off workers’ pension plans and putting them at risk. Find out […] The post Teresa Ghilarducci: Is Your Employer Selling Off Your Pension? and HELU, Higher Education Labor United appeared first on KKFI.…
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Two Books Perfect for Halloween: Not All Fun and Games and Building Power, Breaking Power
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For Halloween, we feature two books about blood-thirsty bosses. First book is called Not All Fun and Games about the super-profitable North American video game industry which squeezes the sweat […] The post Two Books Perfect for Halloween: Not All Fun and Games and Building Power, Breaking Power appeared first on KKFI.…
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We’ll look at the race for control of the Missouri legislature. The results of the election could mean that for the first time in years the legislature would operate without […] The post Three Hot Missouri House Races appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Two Hot State Senate Races and Is Biden the Most Pro-Labor Prez?
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We’ll look at a couple of Missouri Senate races that are up for grabs. They’re the 11th District in Independence and the 17th in Clay County. Candidates will get the […] The post Two Hot State Senate Races and Is Biden the Most Pro-Labor Prez? appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Stephanie L. Canizales, Without Parents Or Papers: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States and Hot Kansas Legislative Races
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Coming of age is hard, especially for impoverished undocumented youth who come here to work. We’ll hear about the lives and work of unaccompanied minors from Dr. Stephanie Canizales, author […] The post Stephanie L. Canizales, Without Parents Or Papers: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States and Hot Kansas Legislative Races …
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On The Clock; What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane and Leadville Colorado: Labor History at 10,000 Feet
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Does work make you feel productive and proud? If you’re a member of the working class, your job may not give you the warm and fuzzies. This week on the […] The post On The Clock; What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane and Leadville Colorado: Labor History at 10,000 Feet appeared first on KKFI.…
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What Do You Know About the Fair Labor Standards Act? and IBEW 124 Wins Paid Family Leave
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It’s all about rights. First, we’ll talk to Trini Murguia from the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division about the many laws they enforce from child labor to […] The post What Do You Know About the Fair Labor Standards Act? and IBEW 124 Wins Paid Family Leave appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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The Problems with Nursing Home Jobs and Disconnected Call Center Workers II
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Many candidates call for less government regulation, nursing homes need more. Workers complain of unsafe staffing, and poverty wages and owners who view patient bodies only as profit centers. This […] The post The Problems with Nursing Home Jobs and Disconnected Call Center Workers II appeared first on KKFI.…
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Si Kahn at 80: Honoring a Life of Song and Activism
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We celebrate the 80th birthday of Si Kahn, singer, songwriter, author, organizer, and activist. We’ll hear a few tracks from his new album, Labor Day: A Tribute to Hardworking People […] The post Si Kahn at 80: Honoring a Life of Song and Activism appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Two Books: Debbie Goldman’s Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age and Jake Friedman’s The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Age
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We will feature two Books. First, in Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age author Debbie Goldman shows how workers struggle for good jobs against […] The post Two Books: Debbie Goldman’s Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age and Jake Friedman’s The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor …
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Project 2025, Trump and Harris on Immigration and KCMO School District’s International Welcome Center
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Immigration polls as a top issue for voters this Fall. We’ll talk about the candidates’ positions on the border, asylum, and jobs and also ask where’s the invasion. Then, we’ll […] The post Project 2025, Trump and Harris on Immigration and KCMO School District’s International Welcome Center appeared first on KKFI.…
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The New Plan to Fleece Workers’ Pensions and IBEW Local 53’s Ben Bush
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Will you get a pension when you retire? Pensions have been disappearing for decades, and now companies like AT&T are selling off their pensions to insurance companies. Find out why […] The post The New Plan to Fleece Workers’ Pensions and IBEW Local 53’s Ben Bush appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Is It Really the End of Lean Production? and KC and the Pregnancy Fairness Act
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Ever wonder why every system we deal with is on the verge of overload? In the 1980’s management adopted “Lean Production” to keep workers and consumers constantly under stress and […] The post Is It Really the End of Lean Production? and KC and the Pregnancy Fairness Act appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Why Are They Trying to Outlaw Rank Choice Voting? And Ethan Marcotte, You Deserve a Tech Union
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On the last day of its 2024 session, the Missouri legislature put ranked choice voting on the August ballot. Already ten states outlaw it. Will Missouri voters do the same? […] The post Why Are They Trying to Outlaw Rank Choice Voting? And Ethan Marcotte, You Deserve a Tech Union appeared first on KKFI.…
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What the F*** Is Wrong with the Postal Service and Mizzou Workers Ask When the University Will Bargain in Good Faith
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The show is all about worker and citizen frustration with unresponsive public institutions. First the Post Office. We’ll ask American Postal Workers President MARK DIMONDSTEIN what the hell is wrong […] The post What the F*** Is Wrong with the Postal Service and Mizzou Workers Ask When the University Will Bargain in Good Faith appeared first on KKF…
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Why Asset Managers Own the World and Presente!
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Asset managers today like Blackstone and BlackRock own our roads, our water, schools, homes, farmland and hospitals. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll talk to Brett Christophers, author […] The post Why Asset Managers Own the World and Presente! appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Latest Decisions on Unions from the Supreme Court and The East Side Freedom Library
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The Supreme Court has shown once again that it’s no friend of labor. In fact, recent decisions hurt unions. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll speak with law […] The post Latest Decisions on Unions from the Supreme Court and The East Side Freedom Library appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee Helps Demystify How to Organize and Doug Genens – Oral Labor Historian
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The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee is helping workers organize. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll talk to a Trader Joes worker from New York City and a social […] The post The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee Helps Demystify How to Organize and Doug Genens – Oral Labor Historian appeared first on KKFI.…
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The Politics of Trade Policy and Do We Need More Militarized Police?
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Trade policy is very political. Find out this week on the Heartland Labor Forum what happens when workers are ignored. Author James Benton will talk about his book Fraying Fabric: […] The post The Politics of Trade Policy and Do We Need More Militarized Police? appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Michael Zweig and his New Book Class Race & Gender; Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism and Jenny Agee: Truck-Driving Woman
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We’ll interview Michael Zweig whose new book Class Race & Gender; Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism explains how our capitalist economy is the root of many of our […] The post Michael Zweig and his New Book Class Race & Gender; Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism and Jenny Agee: Truck-Driving Woman appeared first…
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Operating Engineers Local 101 Union Leader Aaron Brown and Vets and Unions Go Fishing for Freedom
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Ever wonder how workers move mountains of dirt or lift tons of steel to the tops of buildings? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to Aaron Brown, […] The post Operating Engineers Local 101 Union Leader Aaron Brown and Vets and Unions Go Fishing for Freedom appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Jayhawks Flock to the Union and Labor Song Covers
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In a landslide victory, faculty and academic staff at the University of Kansas voted to unionize with the American Federation of Teachers. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll […] The post Jayhawks Flock to the Union and Labor Song Covers appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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The Legislative Sausage Grinder: What happened This Year in Jeff City and Topeka?
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If we could grade them, this year’s Missouri and Kansas legislatures both flunked. Missouri gets an F minus with less than 30 non-appropriation bills passed, but Kansas bombed out on […] The post The Legislative Sausage Grinder: What happened This Year in Jeff City and Topeka? appeared first on KKFI.…
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Art Works: How Art Enlivens Social Struggles
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Ken Grossinger, author of Art Works: How Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together believes activism needs art to imbue social struggles with purpose and solidarity. We’ll hear […] The post Art Works: How Art Enlivens Social Struggles appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Reassessing the Legacy of Walter Reuther
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The Labor Notes Conference last month was chock full of almost 8,000 union troublemakers. A highlight was UAW President Shawn Fain and dozens of members who are rebuilding a more […] The post Reassessing the Legacy of Walter Reuther appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Ron Carey: From UPS Driver to Teamster President and What Constitutional Rights Do Corporations Have?
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Ron Carey was the first Teamster President elected directly by the members. A new book gives us the inside scoop on the enormous challenges this union reformer faced. Author Ken […] The post Ron Carey: From UPS Driver to Teamster President and What Constitutional Rights Do Corporations Have? appeared first on KKFI.…
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The Voucher Scam and the Construction Contractor Tax Dodge
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Across the country proponents of school vouchers promise choice, freedom and upward mobility. Nicole Abshire of Mothers for Democracy Institute says vouchers are a scam on students, teachers, unions and […] The post The Voucher Scam and the Construction Contractor Tax Dodge appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Comparing Our Labor Law with Europe and Canada and Gerald Epstein: Busting the Bankers’ Club: Finance for the Rest of Us
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Heartland Labor Forum listeners know that U.S. labor law sucks. Are there places in the world where workers have real rights and employers can’t violate the law with impunity? This […] The post Comparing Our Labor Law with Europe and Canada and Gerald Epstein: Busting the Bankers’ Club: Finance for the Rest of Us appeared first on KKFI.…
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ZEDE Prospera: A Libertarian Fantasy with Nightmare Results and Bob Bruno’s What Work Is: How Worker See Work
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Libertarians and fans of Ayn Rand would like to dismantle our labor laws and any regulations that interfere with the rights of corporations. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum […] The post ZEDE Prospera: A Libertarian Fantasy with Nightmare Results and Bob Bruno’s What Work Is: How Worker See Work appeared first on KKFI.…
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Third Parties: Are They Spoilers or Do They Strengthen Democracy?
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Third parties are busting out all over this Spring and on this week’s Heartland Labor Forum. Do 3rd parties “spoil” our elections or strengthen democracy? Labor leader and Socialist candidate […] The post Third Parties: Are They Spoilers or Do They Strengthen Democracy? appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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East Palestine: Still Derailed One Year Later and Blood in the Machine: Workers vs. Automation
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A year ago, a Norfolk Southern train derailed and blanketed East Palestine Ohio with vinyl chloride? We’ll talk to a union rep about the lives impacted, the cleanup and threats […] The post East Palestine: Still Derailed One Year Later and Blood in the Machine: Workers vs. Automation appeared first on KKFI.…
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The 3/8th cent sales tax pro and con
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The debate is raging between labor and activist groups on whether or not to support the 40-year ½ cent sales tax for the Royals to build a new stadium in […] The post The 3/8th cent sales tax pro and con appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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Librarians vs. the Book Ban and Kansas City Labor’s 40 Political Club
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Two years ago, Missouri lawmakers passed a law to criminalize librarians for giving students books that the legislators think are obscene. As a result, public school libraries have purged science […] The post Librarians vs. the Book Ban and Kansas City Labor’s 40 Political Club appeared first on KKFI.…
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The Flight Attendant Rebellion: A History of the Independent Federation of Flight Attendants at TWA
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It’s women’s history month and time for some feminist labor history on the Heartland Labor Forum. We’ll ask Mary Ellen Miller how stewardesses at TWA became flight attendants and split […] The post The Flight Attendant Rebellion: A History of the Independent Federation of Flight Attendants at TWA appeared first on KKFI.…
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Les Leopold: Wall Streets War on Workers and What’s the Kansas Legislature Cookin’ Up for Us?
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Longtime labor activist and writer Les Leopold has a new book: Wall Street’s War on Workers, which delves into how mass layoffs and stock buybacks enrich shareholders at the expense […] The post Les Leopold: Wall Streets War on Workers and What’s the Kansas Legislature Cookin’ Up for Us? appeared first on KKFI.…
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What Are they Cookin’ up This year in Jeff City? and Marijuana Dispensary Workers Organize
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What’s the Missouri legislature cookin’ up this session? Bills are being proposed that would assault people’s rights and attack public education. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll ask […] The post What Are they Cookin’ up This year in Jeff City? and Marijuana Dispensary Workers Organize appeared first on KKFI.…
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A Dictator Goes on Trial and Hamilton Nolan: The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor
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Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez goes on trial this month in New York for drug trafficking. Honduran workers faced repression, corruption and forced migration during his reign. We’ll ask whether […] The post A Dictator Goes on Trial and Hamilton Nolan: The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor appeared first on …
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Organized Labor and the Civil Rights Movement
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We all remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for his legacy in the civil rights movement. Maybe you know he was shot while supporting a strike of garbage collectors in […] The post Organized Labor and the Civil Rights Movement appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
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PSYCHE! JOHN VEIT PODCAST 2 AUGUST 21, 2016
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Conventions, Shootings, James Brown, Rodney Dangerfield, Terpenes, Cannabis, Hemp Building, BBC vs NYPD, Hempcrete, Arcata, George Clinton Fucked Up, Flag of Democracy Meat Factory, Sarah Palin and the Masked Avengers, Frank Rizzo, Shirley Chisholm, Dominic Corva, Anthony Wiener, Huma Abedin, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, BBC, Donald Drumpf, The Smi…
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Interviews and Music in a no commercial format. Jackson, Jorge Cervatnes, Wiliam S. Burroughs, Amy Poinsett, Christie Lunsford, Shirley Chisholm, Jimi Hendrix, Rodney Dangerfield, Eazy-E, Bill Cosby, Don Rickles, Steve D'Angelo, Phil Cenedella, Ice Cube, Uber Driver, Aaron Smith, Oakland Mayor Libby Shaaf, Marijuana Lawyers, James Brown, Lemmy Kilm…
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