From Wisconsin to Pennsylvania the Attack on Working Families is Back On: Will We Finally Say ENOUGH! I have a pit in my stomach today as I watch workers gather outside the Wisconsin state Capitol once again to push back against the latest attack on working families in the Badger State. In 2011, in response to…
What You Need to Know about Why All Hell Is About to Break Out in Wisconsin – Again
What You Need to Know about Why All Hell Is About to Break Out in Wisconsin – Again If you have been following the assault on working families, labor unions, and public education over the past several years then you probably know what the slogan “It Started in Wisconsin” means. For those of you who haven’t…
RAGING MONDAY! Kevin Mahoney and Rick Smith Talk about PASSHE’s Underhanded Plans to Hike Tuition & the Kick Off to National Adjunct Action Week | February 23, 2015
RAGING MONDAY! Kevin Mahoney and Rick Smith Talk about PASSHE’s Underhanded Plans to Hike Tuition & the Kick Off to National Adjunct Action Week | February 23, 2015 Kevin MahoneyEditor Zero and founder of the Raging Chicken Press lays out the recent plot by University President to raise tuition while not raising tuition. Both ways the…
Robert Kraig, Exec. Dir., Citizen Action Wisconsin, Talks to Rick Smith about Republican Jihad on Workers | February 23, 2015 Robert Kraig, Executive Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin joins Rick to talk about the republican jihad against workers.
Rick Smith Talks with Steve Herzenberg, Exec. Dir. of Keystone Research Center about Florida’s Governor, Rick Scott’s Trip to PA to Steal Jobs | February 23, 2015 Steven Herzenberg, Executive Director of the Keystone Research Center joins Rick to talk about the Republican governor of Florida coming to Philadelphia on a junket to steal jobs from…
#NAAW | Temple University Adjuncts Take to the Streets Demanding Admin to Stop Union-Busting and Let Adjunct Vote for Unionization
#NAAW | Temple University Adjuncts Take to the Streets Demanding Admin to Stop Union-Busting and Let Adjunct Vote for Unionization Today is the first day of National Adjunct Action Week and Temple University adjuncts started the week off with a march outside the university’s provost office. Last December, Temple University adjuncts filed for authorization with the…
National Adjunct Walkout Day #NAWD: It’s About a Movement, Not a Moment
National Adjunct Walkout Day #NAWD: It’s About a Movement, Not a Moment This Wednesday is the first-ever National Adjunct Walkout Day (NAWD). What began as an idea proposed by an adjunct writing instructor at San Jose State University (@NationalAdjunct) at the beginning of the fall 2014 semester, quickly took off on social media and among adjunct union activists…
Governor Wolf’s Supreme Court Nominee Must Step Down
Governor Wolf’s Supreme Court Nominee Must Step Down In the beginning of the month, Governor Wolf made two appointments to the State Supreme Court. One appointee was a democrat and the other was a republican, and this made Senate Leadership happy. Earlier this week, the Philadelphia Inquirer dropped a bombshell on the Judge Thomas Kistler, the Republican…
#PHL2015: Charter School Owner Lynne Abraham’s Crocodile Tears on SRC’s Charter Expansion
#PHL2015: Charter School Owner Lynne Abraham’s Crocodile Tears on SRC’s Charter Expansion So this is Lynne Abraham’s thoughts on the SRC’s decision to allow five more charter schools in Philadelphia… And as Colleen Kennedy has pointed out, Lynne Abraham was the co-founder and sits on the chair of the Reading based I-Lead Institute. With offices in Valley…
Pennsylvania’s Climate Change Legislation Faces an Uphill Battle in General Assembly
Pennsylvania’s Climate Change Legislation Faces an Uphill Battle in General Assembly Editors Note: This article was originally published for the Rick Smith Show. Earlier today in the Capitol Media Center, State Representatives Greg Vitali and Stephen McCarter called on Governor Wolf and the General Assembly to take up legislation that would combat climate change. Standing alongside the…
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