The Rick Smith Show

#PABudget: Pennsylvania Leaves $19 Billion in Tax Breaks on the Table

Donna Cooper, Executive Director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth joins Rick to discuss school funding and which is more important, tax credits for business or textbooks and computers in classrooms.

How Will President Obama's Executive Order on Overtime Rules Benefit Workers?

Dave Jamieson, Labor Reporter at Huffington Post joins Rick to talk about his reports on President Obama extending overtime protections to more salaried workers and how raising the minimum wage would affect workers lives.

Rick Smith Show Monolouge: Are Our Bad Trade Deals Related to Our Minimum Wage Problems?

In the opening of today's show, Rick asks if our bad trade deals and our minimum wage problem related issues?

#RaiseTheWage: Labor Economist Mark Price Gives Play-By-Play on Minimum Wage Hearing

Mark Price, Labor Economist at the Keystone Research Center joins Rick to discuss his testimony at today’s Pennsylvania State Senate hearing on raising the minimum wage on the state level.

#RaiseTheWage: Rachel West Talks About Raising the Wage on the Federal Level

Rachel West, Senior Policy Analyst for the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to talk about the need to raise the minimum wage on the federal level.

#BaltimoreUprising: Public Grade School Teacher Gives Powerful Lesson Plan on Baltimore and Freddie Gray

Steven Singer, Educator and education blogger, joins Rick to talk about Teacher Appreciation Week in the face of GOP attacks.

#PA2016: Will "Mayor Ed" Make the Jump to "Senator Ed?"

Ed Pawlowski, Mayor of Allentown joins Rick to talk about his campaign for the US Senate against anti-worker Republican incumbent Pat Toomey.

#KentState: Pat LaMarche Reports from This Week's Kent State Memorial Ceremonies

Pat LaMarche, Huffington Post contributor joins Rick to talk about the 45th anniversary of the Kent State Massacre.

#PaBudget: Find Out Which Pennsylvania Owned Univeristy Has a Growing Hunger Problem on Their Campus

Kevin Mahoney, Editor Zero at the Raging Chicken Press joins Rick to talk about the growing trend of students on college campuses across the US setting up Food Banks for their fellow college students and why this is happening.

#BaltimoreRiots: Zac Petkanas From Media Matters Gives Us an Update on Baltimore and the GOP Clown Car

Zac Petkanas, Vice President of Communications with Media Matters joins Rick to take a look at the media coverage around the protests in Baltimore and how the GOP presidential hopefuls are being viewed.

#StampOutHunger: William Lucini from NALC Talks about Pennsylvania's Role in Stamping Out Hunger

William Lucini, National Business Agent with the National Association of Letter Carriers about the upcoming Stamp Out Hunger food drive on May 9, 2015.

#PaBudget: Pennsylvania GOP Starts Teacher Appreciation Week By Attacking Teacher Senority

Mike Crossey, President of the Pennsylvania State Education Association joins Rick to talk about Teacher Appreciation Week and the predictable attacks coming from the anti-public education wing of the GOP.

Rick Smith Show Intro: Texas Republicans Push Back on the Crazy GOP Governor & The Rep Who Compared Union Workers to Rioters

Rick Smith Show Intro - 5/1/2015 - Texas Republicans Push Back on the Crazy GOP Governor & The Rep Who Compared Union Workers to Rioters

#BaltimoreRiots: Public Officals Who Tweet Out Dumb Stuff, Michael Moore and the NRA Hypocrisy

Between guests Rick and Sean talked about a Michigan State prosecutor who  

#StopFastTrack: Is Texas and American South Gearing Up For Another Mass Migration from Latin America?

Bob Cash, Texas Fair Trade Coalition, joins Rick to talk Fair Trade.

Our Future Friday: Dave Johnson Discusses More #TPP & #NoFastTrack

Dave Johnson, Fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future joins Rick to talk trade, fast track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement.

#PaBudget: Rock the Capital Education Budget, Electric Rate Increases & Politicians With Itchy Twitter Fingers

Eric Epstein of Rock The Capital joins Rick to talk about the education budget and what’s going on at PP&L with customers rates.

#MayDay: Remembering the Haymarket Riot & Execution of Joe Hill

Larry Spivack President of the Illinois Labor History Society joins the program to talk about the Haymarket Riots and the execution of Joe Hill.

#Bernie2016: Bernie Sanders in Feburary 2015

Bernie Sanders was THE first guest on the Rick Smith Show ten years ago.  Last February, the Senator from Vermont came on the program to talk about the 99% and the upcoming Pennsylvania Progressive Summit.  Sit back and enjoy the interview.

How Will the #TPP Effect Pennsylvania & Which Tea Party Congressman is Against the Trade Deal?

 George Piasecki, USW Pennsylvania State Rapid Response Coordinator joins Rick to talk about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement and what it means to Pennsylvania workers.