16 APR 2024 · 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 https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/comparing-our-labor-law-with-europe-and-canada-and-gerald-epstein-busting-the-bankers-club-finance-for-the-rest-of-us/ appeared first on https://kkfi.org.

9 APR 2024 · 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 https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/zede-prospera-a-libertarian-fantasy-with-nightmare-results-and-bob-brunos-what-work-is-how-worker-see-work/ appeared first on https://kkfi.org.

2 APR 2024 · 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 https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/third-parties-are-they-spoilers-or-do-they-strengthen-democracy/ appeared first on https://kkfi.org.

25 MAR 2024 · 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 https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/east-palestine-still-derailed-one-year-later-and-blood-in-the-machine-workers-vs-automation/ appeared first on https://kkfi.org.

19 MAR 2024 · 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 https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/the-3-8th-cent-sales-tax-pro-and-con/ appeared first on https://kkfi.org.

15 MAR 2024 · 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 https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/librarians-vs-the-book-ban-and-kansas-city-labors-40-political-club/ appeared first on https://kkfi.org.

5 MAR 2024 · 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 https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/the-flight-attendant-rebellion-a-history-of-the-independent-federation-of-flight-attendants-at-twa/ appeared first on https://kkfi.org.

26 FEB 2024 · 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 https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/les-leopold-wall-streets-war-on-workers-and-whats-the-kansas-legislature-cookin-up-for-us/ appeared first on https://kkfi.org.

19 FEB 2024 · 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 https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/what-are-they-cookin-up-this-year-in-jeff-city-and-marijuana-dispensary-workers-organize/ appeared first on https://kkfi.org.

14 FEB 2024 · 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 https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/a-dictator-goes-on-trial-and-hamilton-nolan-the-hammer-power-inequality-and-the-struggle-for-the-soul-of-labor/ appeared first on https://kkfi.org.