Rogette Harris, Chair of Dauphin County Democratic Committee Talks with Rick Smith about Screening of Selma This Weekend | February 26, 2015 Rogette Harris, Chair of the Dauphin County Democratic Committee joins Rick to talk this Saturday’s community event screening the movie Selma and discuss and organize a local grassroots movement.
Brendan Fischer, General Counsel at the Center for Media and Democracy, Back on the Rick Smith Show to Talk about New Round of Attacks on Workers in WI | February 25, 2015 Brendan M Fischer, General Counsel at The Center for Media and Democracy joins Rick from Wisconsin to talk about the most recent phase of…
PA AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale Talks to Rick Smith about PA Republicans Paycheck Deception Legislation | February 25, 2015 Rick Bloomingdale, President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO joins Rick to talk about the continuing attack on workers as the republican led General Assembly pushes to constitutionally make it illegal for state workers and their employer to agree…
Rick Smith Talks with Les Stark, Exec. Dir. of the Keystone Cannabis Coalition about the Push to Legalize Medical Marijuana in PA | February 25, 2015 Les Stark, Executive Director of the Keystone Cannabis Coalition, one of a number of groups pushing for the passage of Pennsylvania’s Medical Cannabis Bill, Senate Bill 3.
Irwin Aronson Explains Why PA Republicans Are Trying to Get a Constitutional Amendment to Strip Away Workers’ Rights | February 25, 2015 Irwin Aronson, local Labor Attorney and Rick Smith Show contributor returns to explain the constitutional ins- and-outs of the latest Pennsylvania GOP scheme to end run the governor and what it means for We…
HUGE Rally in PA Capitol for a #FairBudget: Will Pennsylvania Catch the Wisconsin Bug? (Storify)
HUGE Rally in PA Capitol for a #FairBudget: Will Pennsylvania Catch the Wisconsin Bug? (Storify) Activists from across Pennsylvania converged on the Capitol today to rally for a fair budget. Today’s rally comes just five days before Gov. Tom Wolf will deliver his first budget address on March 3. Yesterday, Gov. Wolf’s office released a short…
Pennsylvania is Poised to Pass One of the Most Comprehensive Medical Cannabis Bills in the Country
Pennsylvania is Poised to Pass One of the Most Comprehensive Medical Cannabis Bills in the Country Yesterday at the state capitol, Pennsylvania’s Medical Cannabis Act, Senate Bill 3, took center stage at the capitol with a standing room only Senate hearing in the morning and a passionate press conference at high noon. It has taken over three legislative…
#NAWD | A Snapshot of a Movement on National Adjunct Walkout Day
#NAWD | A Snapshot of a Movement on National Adjunct Walkout Day Today is National Adjunct Walkout Day and adjunct faculty from across the nation have taken to the streets or held adjunct awareness actions on their campuses. If there was any questions as to whether adjuncts have had enough with poverty wages and precarious employment,…
Listen to Pennsylvania Lawmaker Give the Best Speech on Medical Cannabis
Listen to Pennsylvania Lawmaker Give the Best Speech on Medical Cannabis At a medical cannabis rally in the state capitol, State Representative Ed Gaineyfrom Pittsburgh, Pa., gave one of the best speeches in support of medical marijuana. Before the previous session ended, the senate passed Senate Bill 3 by a 43-7 margin, but it did not make it…
#NAWD | Mutual Aid for Adjuncts: PrecariCorps to Collect Donations to Assist Adjuncts in Need
#NAWD | Mutual Aid for Adjuncts: PrecariCorps to Collect Donations to Assist Adjuncts in Need Press Release: PrecariCorps, February 25, 2015 “EQUAL WORK, EQUAL VOICE, EQUAL PAY” #NAWD “I am constantly playing catch up with this life,” an adjunct in New England who recently contacted us writes. “I get classes, and some get cancelled at the last-minute….
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