By working people. For working people. Welcome to The Rick Smith Show. Working Americans are tired of listening to think tank approved corporate news and commentary. They want a direct, honest approach to the issues that matter, so this is what The Rick Smith Show provides. No puppets. No focus groups. No talking points.
Episodes
Monday May 23, 2016
The Rick Smith Show Full 3 hours for May 23, 2016
Monday May 23, 2016
Monday May 23, 2016
Jeff Reamer, Executive Vice President of CWA Local 13000 joins Rick to report on the latest bargaining news with Verizon and the talk about this past weekend’s nationwide events and “Scab Camp.”
Dean Baker, macroeconomist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research joins Rick to talk about recent news of another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve and what it means for workers.
Kevin Mahoney, Editor Zero at the Raging Chicken Press joins Rick to share the story of the Erie School District in Erie, Pennsylvania possibly being forced to close all of its high schools due to past budget cuts and a failure by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to remedy the huge hole in funding.
Anna Fusco, president of the Broward Teachers Union in Florida joins Rick to talk education in the Sunshine state and what activist teachers and her union are doing to save public education from FL Governor Rick Scott and privatization crowd.
Cindy Hamilton, parent activist and co-founder of the Opt Out Florida Network joins Rick to talk about how parents can fight for their children and save public education from being destroyed by the corporate testing regime.
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