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Kansas City's only radio show about the workplace and the labor movement.

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Heartland Labor Forum

Latest show
Jan 19th
The Death & Resurrection of Affordable Education and Occupy Cartoons  

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

live streaming at www.kkfi.org

Download a pdf of our January-February  2012 schedule

Download our weekly calendar January 19, 2011

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Listen to archived Shows

Upcoming shows

January

Jan. 26  Jobs for Vets: Mission Impossible? and The WPA What Can We Learn from the 1930s Jobs Program?
Underwritten by: Teamsters Local 41 and Sheet Metal Workers Local 2

February

Feb. 2    Immigration Nation: Raids, Detentions and Deportations and Fields of Resistance: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Underwritten by: United Labor Credit Union and UAW CAP Council

Feb. 9  Joe Hill, The Man Who Never Died and Pioneer Women profiles letter carrier Kathleen Stegall, 37 years with the USPS
Underwritten by Teamsters Local 541 and Missouri AFL-CIO

Feb. 16  Raising the Missouri Minimum Wage
Underwritten by Teamsters Joint Council 56 and Kansas City Allied Printing Trades Council

Feb. 23  Hospital Unions Making Gains in KC and Will Pay Day Loan Initiative Help Curb Predatory Lending?
Underwritten by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 124 and Boilermakers Local 83

 

   Listen to HLF Features:

The News from Our Side

Safety First with Mary Erio

Economics Unmasked with UMKC Economics PhD students

Know Your Rights with Angie Williams
Education Is A Right with teachers

 

Labor Day 2009
Labor Day Parade 2009

 

Listen to WIN - Workers Independent News on KKFI

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

Celebrating 21 years on the air!
2009 Winner of
ILCA Media Contest!
Listen to our winning entries
Shawn Saving's In Coal Blood: The Kansas Coal Debate
Jan Brill's Don't Be Ladylike: Scab Mugging and The
    Children's Crusade


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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