The Rick Smith Show

Richard Trumka discusses the Labor Movement at the PA AFL-CIO Convention

Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO joins Rick to discuss national issues workers face and the Labor movement.

Rebecca Vallas talks minimum wage

Rebecca Vallas, Managing Director, Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress talks minimum wage and tipped minimum.

The Rick Smith Show Full 3 hours for April 4, 2016

Jerame Davis, Executive Director of Pride at Work joins Rick to talk about recent right wing attacks on the LBGTQ community by legislatures across the country and how these attacks harm not just the LBGTQ community and workers, but society as a whole. 

Tony Trupiano, TandZtalk host joins Rick to talk about corporate governance in light of his home state of Michigan politically imploding and how the same policies pushed by MI Governor Rick Snyder are being pushed in other states with similar outcomes.

New York Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky joins Rick to discuss his recent legislation to return the public schools to the local community and how activists and politicians are leading the fight.

Jeanette Deutermann, founder of Long Island Opt Out joins Rick to talk about how parents, teachers, and education activists have successfully organized to reclaim their public schools and what other communities can do to follow their lead.  

Jerame Davis talks Right Wing Attacks on LGBT Community

Jerame Davis, Executive Director of Pride at Work joins Rick to talk about recent right wing attacks on the LBGTQ community by legislatures across the country and how these attacks harm not just the LBGTQ community and workers, but society as a whole.  

Tony Trupiano talks Michigan Political Implosion

Tony Trupiano, TandZtalk host joins Rick to talk about corporate governance in light of his home state of Michigan politically imploding and how the same policies pushed by MI Governor Rick Snyder are being pushed in other states with similar outcomes. 

Assemblyman Kaminsky talks Education Legislation

New York Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky joins Rick to discuss his recent legislation to return the public schools to the local community and how activists and politicians are leading the fight. 

Jeanette Deutermann talks Fighting Back on Education Privatization

Jeanette Deutermann, founder of Long Island Opt Out joins Rick to talk about how parents, teachers, and education activists have successfully organized to reclaim their public schools and what other communities can do to follow their lead.  

The Rick Smith Show Full 3 hours for April 1, 2016

Laura Rosenberger, Foreign Policy Advisor for Hillary for America joins Rick to talk about Hillary’s plan to invest in manufacturing and why she would be the best choice for Pennsylvania Democrats in the April 26^thprimary election.

Anne Shoup, Director of BridgeProject21 at American Bridge joins Rick to talk about their newly released report, THE KOCHSTONE STATE: HOW THE KOCH BROTHERS' GROWING INFLUENCE IS HURTING PENNSYLVANIANS.

Matías Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University and Naked Keynes blogger joins Rick to discuss the latest jobs numbers and talk about the need for policies to grow the manufacturing sector in the country.

Isaiah Poole, Director of Online Communications for the Campaign for America’s Future joins Rick to talk about Mississippi House Bill 1523, North Carolina’s HB 2 and the push by the radical right to push a Christian version of Sharia Law.  

John Moeller, Board Member of the Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates and PAC joins Rick to discuss the recent comments by GOP Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump that women should be punished for having an abortion and examine recent bills attacking a women’s right to choose from around the nation. 

 

Laura Rosenberger talks Hillary for President

Laura Rosenberger, Foreign Policy Advisor for Hillary for America joins Rick to talk about Hillary’s plan to invest in manufacturing and why she would be the best choice for Pennsylvania Democrats in the April 26^thprimary election.

Anne Shoup talk Koch Brothers influence in PA and the Nation

Anne Shoup, Director of BridgeProject21 at American Bridge joins Rick to talk about their newly released report, THE KOCHSTONE STATE: HOW THE KOCH BROTHERS' GROWING INFLUENCE IS HURTING PENNSYLVANIANS.

Matías Vernengo talks Jobs Numbers

Matías Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University and Naked Keynes blogger joins Rick to discuss the latest jobs numbers and talk about the need for policies to grow the manufacturing sector in the country.

Isaiah Poole talks Hateful GOP Legislation

Isaiah Poole, Director of Online Communications for the Campaign for America’s Future joins Rick to talk about Mississippi House Bill 1523, North Carolina’s HB 2 and the push by the radical right to push a Christian version of Sharia Law.  

John Moeller talks Trump Comments to punish women

John Moeller, Board Member of the Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates and PAC joins Rick to discuss the recent comments by GOP Presidential front-runner Donald Trump that women should be punished for having an abortion and examine recent bills attacking a women’s right to choose from around the nation. 

The Rick Smith Show - Full Show - March 31, 2016

Josh Shapiro, Democratic Candidate for Pennsylvania Attorney General, talks his recent endorsement from President Obama and VP Biden and his campaign for state office.

Lou Berry, UPMC worker and union activist on the Fight for $15 and a union joins Rick to discuss the recent announcement by UPMC to raise their starting minimum wage to $15 by 2021 and how the workers are responding to the news. 

Katie McGinty, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate, discusses her support from the White House and Pennsylvania Labor in her campaign to unseat Pat Toomey.

Vernon Gammon, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 391, discusses MillerCoors’ decision to close award-winning plant in Eden, NC, and today’s potential invoking of the WARN Act, which would give 520 workers 60-days notice. 

Josh Shapiro talks endorsements and why he's running for Attorney General.

Josh Shapiro, Democratic Candidate for Pennsylvania Attorney General, talks his recent endorsement from President Obama and VP Biden and his campaign for state office.

Lou Berry talks Fight For Fifteen and a Union

Lou Berry, UPMC worker and union activist on the Fight for $15 and a union joins Rick to discuss the recent announcement by UPMC to raise their starting minimum wage to $15 by 2021 and how the workers are responding to the news. 

Katie McGinty talks #DoYourJob and her run for US Senate

Katie McGinty, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate, discusses her support from the White House and Pennsylvania Labor in her campaign to unseat Pat Toomey.

Vernon Gammon talks MillerCoors' decision to issue WARN Act to Eden Employees

Vernon Gammon, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 391, discusses MillerCoors’ decision to close award-winning plant in Eden, NC, and today’s potential invoking of the WARN Act, which would give 520 workers 60-days notice.

The Rick Smith Show - Full Show - March 30, 2016

Irwin Aronson, Labor Attorney and Rick Smith Show regular, reviews the SCOTUS decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.

Rick Bloomingdale,President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO joins Rick to discuss recent news on the minimum wage and the divisive, anti-worker US Supreme Court case tie.

Mary B. McMillan,Secretary-Treasurer of the North Carolina AFL-CIO, reveals the anti-worker ramifications of NC’s LGBT discrimination bill.

Mark Price, labor economist at the Keystone Research Center, discusses University of Pittsburgh Medical Center raising its minimum wage.

Shalon Miller, Detroit public school teacher, talks the yesterday’s arrest of 12 current and former Detroit principals and a vendor in a MILLION dollar bribe scheme. 

Irwin Aronson reviews Friedrichs case

Irwin Aronson, Labor Attorney and Rick Smith Show regular, reviews the SCOTUS decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.