Heartland Labor Forum
6:00-7:00 PM Thursdays and 5:00-6:00 AM Fridays
90.1 FM KKFI Community Radio-Kansas City
Jobs, Race Relations, and the Building Trades
A frank and productive discussion about race discrimination in Kansas City construction produced in cooperation between Heartland Labor Forum, Guess Whose Coming to Kansas City? and Urban Connections by Karen Kennedy, Jeff Humfeld, MC Richardson and Donna Wolfe with
· Garry Kemp, Business Manager of the Greater Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council
· Walt Smith retired Apprentice Coordinator of Roofers Local 20
· Emmanuel Kind, Friends of Black Construction and Skilled Trades Worker and a minority contractor
(note this show was distilled from a two hour show broadcast June 4, 2005 on KKFI)
LISTEN TO THE SHOW at http://www.umkc.edu/labor-ed/radio.htm
THE NEWS FROM OUR SIDE with stories on:
· Steelworker Summer School held at UMKC
· Wal-Mart Annual Meeting
· Living wage ordinances don’t cost jobs says LA study
· Union buster of the week award goes to employers who don’t pay employee healthcare
Calendar (also at http://www.umkc.edu/labor-ed/radio.htm where you can also find the May-June Heartland Labor Forum Schedule
Workers Independent News (WIN) is now carried on KKFI weekdays 5:57 A.M., 8:57 A.M. and 4:57 P.M. Tune in or go to www.laborradio.org
Posted by rich at June 17, 2005 04:21 PM