June 21, 2005

Heartland Labor Forum

Heartland Labor Forum

6:00-7:00 PM Thursdays and 5:00-6:00 AM Fridays

90.1 FM KKFI Community Radio-Kansas City

LISTEN TO THE SHOW at http://www.umkc.edu/labor-ed/radio.htm

Summer Books:

* Judy Ancel interviews Leon Fink, author of The Maya of Morganton; Work & Community in the Nuevo New South

* Weber Koesema interviews Jane Slaughter, editor of The New Troublemakers Handbook

Mischa Byruck interviews Heidi Hartmann of Institute for Women's Policy Research on Women and Social Security

SPECIAL FEATURE: Ludlow Miners Memorial Restored

THE NEWS FROM OUR SIDE with stories on:

* Shutdown of Kansas City Kansas Colgate plant announced

* Five dissident unions form coalition: will it break up the AFL-CIO?

* Restructuring the EEOC

* Bush administration mischaracterizes CAFTA

* New study on how organizing law is broken

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 21, 2005 02:23 PM