Episodios

  • Remembering the British Miners’ Strike after 40 Years with Miner John Dunn

    Remembering the British Miners’ Strike after 40 Years with Miner John Dunn
    Apr 25 2025
    What do you do when the head of state comes after your union with 6,000 cops and a license to kill? We’ll get advice from John Dunne who had his […] The post Remembering the British Miners’ Strike after 40 Years with Miner John Dunn appeared first on KKFI.
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    1 h
  • Labor Leader Series: Dustin Himes from Bricklayers & Allied Craftsworkers Local 15 and Rep Tobias Schlingensiepen: Fighting Fascism from Ger

    Labor Leader Series: Dustin Himes from Bricklayers & Allied Craftsworkers Local 15 and Rep Tobias Schlingensiepen: Fighting Fascism from Ger
    Apr 15 2025
    We see their work everywhere: big cities, small towns, schools, tall and short buildings. These craftsmen are bricklayers and masons. Many can be called artists. This week on the Heartland […] The post Labor Leader Series: Dustin Himes from Bricklayers & Allied Craftsworkers Local 15 and Rep Tobias Schlingensiepen: Fighting Fascism from Germany to KS appeared first on KKFI.
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  • How Do We Overcome Internal Division in Unions? and Beneath REI’s Green Sheen: Union Busting, Debt Bondage, and Partnership with Eco-Crimina

    How Do We Overcome Internal Division in Unions? and Beneath REI’s Green Sheen: Union Busting, Debt Bondage, and Partnership with Eco-Crimina
    Apr 8 2025
    The surest way to defeat a union is to create division within it. Many in management excel at pitting workers against each other, but this week we’ll talk with organizers […] The post How Do We Overcome Internal Division in Unions? and Beneath REI’s Green Sheen: Union Busting, Debt Bondage, and Partnership with Eco-Criminals appeared first on KKFI.
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    59 m
  • Layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University: Treaty Violation? And Property Tax Reform: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

    Layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University: Treaty Violation? And Property Tax Reform: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
    Mar 31 2025
    Right after he became President Trump marked another milestone on the trail of broken promises when he cut funding for Haskell Indian Nation’s University in Lawrence, crippling its teaching capacity […] The post Layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University: Treaty Violation? And Property Tax Reform: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly appeared first on KKFI.
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    1 h
  • Why Has America’s Greatest Labor Progressive: Frank P. Walsh Been Forgotten? and The School District Bond Issue with Dr. Jennifer Collier

    Why Has America’s Greatest Labor Progressive: Frank P. Walsh Been Forgotten? and The School District Bond Issue with Dr. Jennifer Collier
    Mar 27 2025
    We’ll interview labor historian Jeff Stilley about Kansas City’s greatest labor champion you never heard of — Frank Walsh, labor lawyer, defender of radicals and visionary for future labor law. […] The post Why Has America’s Greatest Labor Progressive: Frank P. Walsh Been Forgotten? and The School District Bond Issue with Dr. Jennifer Collier appeared first on KKFI.
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    59 m
  • Will the Missouri Legislature Undo the Will of the Voters? and Former AFL-CIO Organizing Director Stewart Acuff: Love Is Solidarity in Actio

    Will the Missouri Legislature Undo the Will of the Voters? and Former AFL-CIO Organizing Director Stewart Acuff: Love Is Solidarity in Actio
    Mar 18 2025
    The MO Legislature is at it again – trying to subvert the will of the people. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk to Missouri State Reps. Pattie […] The post Will the Missouri Legislature Undo the Will of the Voters? and Former AFL-CIO Organizing Director Stewart Acuff: Love Is Solidarity in Action appeared first on KKFI.
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    1 h
  • Federal Unions Fight Back

    Federal Unions Fight Back
    Mar 11 2025
    With President Trump’s dismantling of the federal bureaucracy in full swing, led by Elon Musk's DOGE, federal workers are under siege. But unionized federal workers are fighting back. We'll talk with leaders […] The post Federal Unions Fight Back appeared first on KKFI.
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  • The Workers Strike Back Conference and Julie Greene on Who Built the Panama Canal and Trump's Bullying

    The Workers Strike Back Conference and Julie Greene on Who Built the Panama Canal and Trump's Bullying
    Feb 25 2025
    This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll get a report from last weekend’s Workers Strike Back Conference organizing to win a $25 minimum wage and healthcare for all. Then, […] The post The Workers Strike Back Conference and Julie Greene on Who Built the Panama Canal and Trump's Bullying appeared first on KKFI.
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    1 h
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