The Rick Smith Show

How Big of a Scam Are Cyber Charter Schools in Pennsylvania?

#StopFastTrack: Sherrod Brown & Elizabeth Warren Lay Into President Obama's TPP Plan

Gillian Locascio Describes How the #TPP Will Effect Washington State

Gillian Locascio of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition joins Rick to talk about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement and what it means to Washingtonians and the nation.

Frank Emspak Talks About Trade, TPP, and More!

Frank Emspak Executive Producer at Worker’s Independent News Service highlights the days Labor News.

Is the Media Finally Digging in to the Longterm Causes of #BaltimoreRiot

Craig Harrington, researcher at Media Matters joins Rick to discuss the media coverage of events in Baltimore.

Irwin Aronson Discusses Waste, Fraud of Abuse of Cyber Charter Schools

Irwin Aronson, Labor Attorney and Rick Smith Show contributor joins Rick to talk about Education funding in the Pennsylvania budget and the lack of true charter and cyber charter school reform.

Michele Jawando on What's Going on in Baltimore

Michele Jawando, Vice President of Legal Progress at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to talk about the riot in Baltimore.

IBT Vice President Fred Potter on California Port Drivers Strike

Fred Potter, Teamster’s Vice President and Head of the IBT’s Port Division joins Rick to talk about the port strike going on in California.

WI Fair Trade Coalition President David Newby talks TPP Nightmare

David Newby, President Wisconsin Fair Trade Coalition talks Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement and why it’s a bad deal for workers.

APSCUF President Ken Mash on Student Debt & Public Higher Education Funding

Ken Mash, President of APSCUF joins Rick to talk about the state of higher education and student debt in Pennsylvania and across the nation.

Rick Bloomingdale Interview on Worker Memorial Day

Rick Bloomingdale, President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO joins Rick to talk about Worker Memorial Day.

James Hoffa on the TPP

International Brotherhood of Teamster's President James Hoffa joined Rick to discuss congress giving President Obama Fast Track Authority to push through the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade agreement and what it will mean for workers.