Full Three-Hour Show for September 9, 2015

Irwin Aronson, Labor Attorney and show regular joins Rick to talk about the growing surveillance state in the post 9-11 world and a recent Washington State Supreme Court case ruling that the state’s new charter school law is unconstitutional.  What does it all mean?  Irwin lays it out.

James Hoffa, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters joins Rick as the Teamsters roll out there “Let’s Get America Working” campaign to rebuild our infrastructure, retirement security, a prosperous working class, and the American Dream.

Danay, an Allentown school student joins Rick to talk about the growing activism amongst Allentown School District students as they stand up against the budget cuts of the past four years, larger class size, limited opportunities, and more.

Victor Tan Chen, author of "Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy" joins Rick to discuss the new book that compares how American and Canadian autoworkers faired during the Great Bush Recession and where American policy toward workers has failed them.