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Heartland Labor Forum

Celebrating 20 years on the air!

 

THURSDAYS 6:00-7:00 PM FRIDAYS 5:00-6:00 AM

live streaming at www.kkfi.org

Kansas City's only radio show about the workplace and the Labor Movement.

Download a pdf of our July-August schedule

Download our weekly calendar July 2, 2009

Listen to archived Shows

Upcoming shows

July

July 9   Why Unions Matter with Michael Yates and Young Economists look at the Bailout and the Future

Underwritten by Carpenters Local 61 and Sheetmetal Workers Local 2

July 16   What's a Hybrid? and Warming Up to the Carbon Tax

Underwritten by: Building Trades National Medical Screening and Communications Workers Local 6360

July 23   Why Don't They Just Get Legal? and Mexican Immigration: Cost or Benefit?

Underwritten by: American Fed. of Government Employees Local 1336 and United Food & Commercial Workers 2

July 30   What's next for workers when the city jail closes? and Whose Working the Tomato Production Chain?

Underwritten by: Building Trades National Medical Screening and United Autoworkers Local 249

August

August 6   War! What's It Good For?

Underwritten by United Steelworkers Local 307 and Service Employees Local 1

Aug 13   Defending Public Education and Visible Work Invisible Worker: Coal Miners

Underwritten by Building Trades National Medical Screening and Teamsters Local 541

Aug 20   Two New Labor Books: The Canal Builders by Julie Greene and Staley: The Fight for a New Labor Movement by Steven Ashby and CJ Hawking

Underwritten by: Boilermakers Local 83 and Pipefitters Local 533

Aug 27   Green Impact Zone

Underwritten by United Steelworkers Local 307 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local

September

Sept3   Labor Day with KS Labor Secretary Jim Garner

Underwritten by: Building Trades Nat'l Medical Screening and UAW 249

 

Listen to HLF Features:

The News from Our Side

Safety First with Mary Erio

Boss Hog Awards

Don't Be Ladylike

Economics Unmasked with Gene Wagner

Listen to WIN - Workers Independent News on KKFI

weekdays 5:57 & 7:57 AM and 4:57 PM


The Heartland Labor Forum is a weekly one-hour radio show about the workplace and economic issues on community radio KKFI in Kansas City. It has been on the air since 1989.

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The Heartland Labor Forum is produced by volunteers from Kansas City unions and sponsored by The Institute for Labor Studies. For information or to volunteer, call (816) 235-1470, fax (816) 235-2834, or email us.

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Member of UPPnet - Union Producers and Programmers Network


 
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