Raging Chicken Radio | Out d’Coup, Episode 7 On today’s episode of Out d’Coup, we talk about Pennsylvania’s historical move to pass medical marijuana legislation over the weekend. We talk about the amazing work of the activists who made it happen and what’s next up in the fight for decriminalization. We also talk about today’s New…
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Watch Governor Wolf and Senator Daylin Leach Talk about Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania
Watch Governor Wolf and Senator Daylin Leach Talk about Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana is now legal in Pennsylvania, and it is part of a larger effort to loosen drug laws surrounding the plant. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have decriminalized marijuana and Harrisburg is looking to loosen its grip on the substance with a three strikes…
#VerizonStrike: Workers Gather Outside at Call Center to Show Solidarity with Members Froced to Work Night Shifts
#VerizonStrike: Workers Gather Outside at Call Center to Show Solidarity with Members Froced to Work Night Shifts At 6 am this morning, 40,000 Verizon workers walked off the job, and and just outside of Harrisburg on Union Deposit Road in Lower Paxton Township, roughly 150 Communication Workers of America Local 13000 members picketed outside an overnight call…
Raging Chicken Radio | Out d’Coup, Episode 6.1
Raging Chicken Radio | Out d’Coup, Episode 6.1 Editor’s Note: We had a little tech issue with our earlier upload of Episode 6. This version should work! Today on Out d’Coup we get an update from Sean Kitchen on the status of the anti-abortion bill, HB 1948, and hear about how thin-skinned those tough-talking right-wing politicians…
Endorsement Smoke and Mirrors
Endorsement Smoke and Mirrors Famed consumer advocate and former independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader recently wrote a column entitled “Big Union Leaders Betray Sanders and Workers”. The piece shines light on what is an open secret within the ranks of labor, an endorsement of a candidate by a union is not always a reflection of the…
Today on Out d’Coup we get an update from Sean Kitchen on the status of the anti-abortion bill, HB 1948, and hear about how thin-skinned those tough-talking right-wing politicians are. We hear that Cecil Richards, President of Planned Parenthood, came to Harrisburg to help put and end to PA Republican attempts to institute the most…
Raging Chicken Radio | Out d’Coup, Episode 6
Raging Chicken Radio | Out d’Coup, Episode 6 Today on Out d’Coup we get an update from Sean Kitchen on the status of the anti-abortion bill, HB 1948, and hear about how thin-skinned those tough-talking right-wing politicians are. We hear that Cecil Richards, President of Planned Parenthood, came to Harrisburg to help put and end to…
Is Pennsylvania’s Abortion Ban Dead?
Is Pennsylvania’s Abortion Ban Dead? House Bill 1948, Pennsylvania’s 20 week abortion ban, is on life support and it appears that the bill may be dead for the remainder of the legislative session. Pennsylvania Legislative Services is reporting that the bill would not be voted on until the beginning of May because of large bi-partisan support. However, we…
#PA Abortion Ban in the “Spotlight” As Legislators Go After Catholic Priests
#PA Abortion Ban in the “Spotlight” As Legislators Go After Catholic Priests Later on this afternoon, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is set to vote on one of the country’s most restrictive abortion bans. House Bill 1948 aims to redefine all abortions after twenty weeks as “dismemberment abortions,” and bans the procedure in the case of rape,…
APSCUF Members Consider Job Action Following Breakdown in Negotiations and Legislative Hostility
APSCUF Members Consider Job Action Following Breakdown in Negotiations and Legislative Hostility Faculty union representatives from Pennsylvania’s fourteen university State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), are meeting in State College PA this weekend. At the top of their agenda will be whether they will authorize a strike or other job action in the face of stalled negotiations and…
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