Episodios

  • Michael Zweig and his New Book Class Race & Gender; Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism and Jenny Agee: Truck-Driving Woman

    Michael Zweig and his New Book Class Race & Gender; Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism and Jenny Agee: Truck-Driving Woman
    Jun 20 2024
    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 on KKFI.
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    1 h
  • Operating Engineers Local 101 Union Leader Aaron Brown and Vets and Unions Go Fishing for Freedom

    Operating Engineers Local 101 Union Leader Aaron Brown and Vets and Unions Go Fishing for Freedom
    Jun 11 2024
    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.
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  • Jayhawks Flock to the Union and Labor Song Covers

    Jayhawks Flock to the Union and Labor Song Covers
    Jun 4 2024
    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.
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    59 m
  • The Legislative Sausage Grinder: What happened This Year in Jeff City and Topeka?

    The Legislative Sausage Grinder: What happened This Year in Jeff City and Topeka?
    May 28 2024
    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

    Art Works: How Art Enlivens Social Struggles
    May 21 2024
    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.
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  • Reassessing the Legacy of Walter Reuther

    Reassessing the Legacy of Walter Reuther
    May 14 2024
    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.
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  • Ron Carey: From UPS Driver to Teamster President and What Constitutional Rights Do Corporations Have?

    Ron Carey: From UPS Driver to Teamster President and What Constitutional Rights Do Corporations Have?
    May 7 2024
    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

    The Voucher Scam and the Construction Contractor Tax Dodge
    Apr 30 2024
    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.
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    59 m