“Contract Now!”: APSCUF protests at PASSHE Board of Governors meeting in Harrisburg
Picketing in the Cold: “Contract Now!” APSCUF President Hicks and Vice President Mash Address Members
Harrisburg
University Governance Doesn’t Represent the People Of Pennsylvania
About 800,000 Pennsylvanians are members of labor unions, and the state has a long history of union rights and activism, neither of the two largest university systems has a labor representative on its governing board. […]
APSCUF Strike Authorization Vote Begins Today
The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, APSCUF, will go ahead with a strike authorization vote that will begin today and continue through Wednesday, November 14th. The vote will allow the 14 chapter […]
Kathleen Kane for Attorney General: There’s more to Governor Corbett than Just Jerry Sandusky
This year’s race for the Attorney’s General Office may have historical implications for the state and for Governor Corbett. According to the latest Philadelphia Inquirer Poll, Kathleen Kane – a District Attorney from Lackawanna County […]
PASSHE Board of Governors: Here We Come!
It’s about 3:30 am and I am up preparing for today’s PASSHE Board of Governors meeting in Harrisburg. I am printing out the last faculty letters to the Chancellor that I received late last night, […]
Bedlam On House Floor: PA Republicans Walk Off Before Vote to Investigate Corbett
Update 1: In the article I explained that Sam Smith – House Leader – cancelled today’s legislative session. He did not. Today’s session – October 4th – is a non voting session. […]
Pennsylvania Higher Education: Privatized and Sold-Out by House and Senate
In an attempt to look for funding for public higher education, the Pennsylvania House and Senate voted – in a spineless bi-partisan effort – to submit and sell-out the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) […]
Rick Smith Files | Sherri Magunson of the Harrisburg Education Association on Defunding Harrisburg City Schools to Make Room for Profiteers
Full audio | August 27, 2012 Rick Smith Show [Rick Smith]: Again you go back to what are critical government programs that our governor thinks of? Tax cuts for wealthy corporations? Handouts to the cracker? […]
Rick Smith Files | Kevin Mahoney – Editor, Raging Chicken Press, Organizing Everywhere, and Using Big Words Along the Way!
Editor’s Note: While we were in Providence, RI for Netroots Nation, I had a chance to sit down and talk with Rick Smith and Brett Banditelli of The Rick Smith Show. I’ll say it any […]
Progressive Soul Searching in Wisconsin, PA, and other Red Gov. States
The failed attempt last week to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has left many of his opponents to scratch their heads and wonder “was it the money?”, “Was it better organization?”, “Was something wrong with […]