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Pennsylvania is Poised to Pass One of the Most Comprehensive Medical Cannabis Bills in the Country

February 26, 2015 2

Authors Note: This story originally appeared on the Rick Smith Show. 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 […]

#NAWD | A Snapshot of a Movement on National Adjunct Walkout Day

February 25, 2015 0

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 […]

Listen to Pennsylvania Lawmaker Give the Best Speech on Medical Cannabis

February 25, 2015 0

At a medical cannabis rally in the state capitol, State Representative Ed Gainey from Pittsburgh, Pa., gave one of the best speeches in support of medical marijuana. Before the previous session ended, the senate passed Senate Bill […]

#NAWD | Mutual Aid for Adjuncts: PrecariCorps to Collect Donations to Assist Adjuncts in Need

February 25, 2015 1

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 […]

From Wisconsin to Pennsylvania the Attack on Working Families is Back On: Will We Finally Say ENOUGH!

February 24, 2015 0

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 […]

What You Need to Know about Why All Hell Is About to Break Out in Wisconsin – Again

February 24, 2015 0

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 […]

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

February 23, 2015 0

Kevin Mahoney Editor 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 students and their families lose. Also, […]

Robert Kraig, Exec. Dir., Citizen Action Wisconsin, Talks to Rick Smith about Republican Jihad on Workers | February 23, 2015

February 23, 2015 0

Robert Kraig, Executive Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin joins Rick to talk about the republican jihad against workers. Listen to Robert’s interview HERE

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

February 23, 2015 0

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 Pennsylvania workers. Listen to Steve’s interview […]

#NAAW | Temple University Adjuncts Take to the Streets Demanding Admin to Stop Union-Busting and Let Adjuncts Vote for Unionization

February 23, 2015 1

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 […]