On Wednesday, October 19, about 5,000 faculty members teaching in the PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) will either have a tentative contract agreement or they will be on strike. That has been the […]
It appears that faculty members working at Pennsylvania’s fourteen university State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) have had just about enough. Negotiations between the faculty union, APSCUF, and PASSHE administrators have gone nowhere since their […]
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 […]
There is a major labor dispute happening in Pittsburgh between Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and the United Steelworkers. In the beginning of August, ATI locked out over 2,000 USW members from the job. Two days ago, Strom […]
Earlier this week the Rick Smith Show hit the road for the second time to bring us the People’s Tour for America. This year’s tour is taking a swing through the South to bring us […]
Knowing that an increase in the minimum wage in Pennsylvania is likely and probably imminent, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry went beyond scraping at the bottom of the barrel to chiseling their way […]
The Commonwealth Foundation’s latest attack on public sector unionism is part of a national offensive coordinated by the conservative state think tanks in the State Policy Network. The Commonwealth Foundation is one of nine think-tanks that have […]
Robert Kraig, Executive Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin joins Rick to talk about the republican jihad against workers. Listen to Robert’s interview HERE
Yesterday, State Rep Mike Vereb announced that he was upset that Pennsylvania’s favorite union busting swill – Yuengling Lager – was left off the bar list for Tuesday’s inaugural party. On the radio he said: […]
Which side is Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider on? Not on the working class’ side. Joseph DiStefano from the Philadelphia Inquirer has reported that Philadelphia Flyers Owner Ed Snider has donated millions of dollars to a […]
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