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Heartland Labor Forum

TUNE IN EVERY THURSDAY 6:00-7:00 PM

OR FRIDAY 5:00-6:00 AM

and for live streaming at www.kkfi.org

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

For a Printable May-June program schedule

(in PDF)

This week's calendar May 8, 2008

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO PAST SHOWS

ILCA Convention 2007

New Orleans Labor Media Project

In October, more than 70 labor journalists in 17 teams hit the streets of New Orleans and collaborated to create articles and multimedia presentations that capture the issues behind the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and explain their meaning. See link above.

UPCOMING SHOWS

May

May 15   Wheels & Wings Bargaining Update and American Axle Strike

Underwritten by: IBEW Local 53 and United Steelworkers Local 307

May 22   Bill Black: Why Banks Go Bad and Up to Our Eyeballs [in debt]

Underwritten by: Carpenters Local 61 and Boilermakers Local 83

May 29   Meet Dr. Wu Jia-huang, Chinese Trade Negotiator and King Burger's Slaves

Underwritten by: Greater Kansas City Building & Construction Trades Council and Teamsters Joint Council 56

June

June 5    When the Prisoners Ran Walpole and The Workers Who Rebuilt the Noland Road Bridge and Got Done Early

Underwritten by: Tri-County Labor Council of Eastern Kansas and United Food & Commercial Workers Dist. Local 2

June 12   Don't MisunderClassify Me! and An Activist's Work is Never Done: Joan Suarez

Underwritten by: Teamsters Local 41 and Heat and Frost Insulators Local 27

June 19   Getting Out the Vote with Working America and The Future of the County Jail

Underwritten by: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 814 and Millwrights Local 1529

June 26   Visible Work; Invisible Worker: Electricians and EBSA: Employee Benefits Security Administration

Underwritten by: Teamsters Local 955 and Transport Workers Local 530

Listen to our Regular Features

The News from Our Side
Know Your Rights with Doug Bonney
Economics Unmasked with Prof. Gene Wagner
Safety First with Mary Erio
Common Good with Helen Bontrager
Boss Hog with Hester Duisik
Don't Be Ladylike with Janice Brill
Youth Radio with Elana Gordon (l) and Oz Qureshi (r)who interviewed young union activists: Courtney Eiterich (center), and back left to right Keith Shelton, and Chuck Russell of UAW Local 31 and Jose del Rio of the Carpenters Union

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Listen to WIN - Workers Independent News on KKFI

 weekdays 4:57 & 7:57 AM and 4:57 PM

 

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Your gateway to Labor Media

Heartland Labor Forum has most back shows on tape or CD. If you'd like to purchase a show, send us an email. 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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