The Reds Care and Capitalism Doesn’t
For 8 hours a day for 5 days a week, we as the new workers of the world push ourselves most every day to get people the goods and services they want and need. Ending […]
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Verizon Workers Are Off the Picket Lines: What Did They Gain?
Last Friday telecommunications giant Verizon came to a tentative agreement with Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and after spending seven weeks on the picket lines, nearly 40,000 Verizon workers […]
It’s RAGING MONDAY! Students Fight Back, Fossil Fuel Divestment, and the More on the Mistreatment of AFSCME Workers at Kutztown University
Kevin Mahoney, Editor Zero at Raging Chicken Press joins Rick to highlight the Outrage of the Day.Today we’re talking students fighting back against attacks on higher education; The General Body’s successful campaign to get Syracuse […]
Kutztown University Manager Quits and Blows the Whistle on Long-Standing Mistreatment of Workers
BREAKING [3/31 @ 2:45 pm] : Just moments ago, KU Vice President of Administration and Finance sent an email to the Facilities Team, announcing that Jeff Grimm, Director of Facilities, is retiring. Kutztown University’s Campus Grounds Supervisor, […]
Rick Smith Talks with Christoria Hughes, Grandmother and UPMC Employee about Today’s Action in Pittsburgh | March 17, 2015
Christoria Hughes, grandmother and UPMC employee joins Rick to talk about today’s action and Pittsburgh City Council Resolution supporting UPMC workers in their fight for $15 an hour and a union. Listen to Christoria’s interview […]
Rick Smith talks with Phil Neuenfeldt, Pres. of WI AFL-CIO about the Assault on Workers in the Badger State | March 2, 2015
Phil Neuenfeldt, President of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO joins Rick to talk the assault on workers. It’s been quite a week with an out-of-control Republican dominated state legislature and a Governor who’s looking to run […]
March on UPMC: Workers and Community Members Take to the Streets Calling for Good Jobs and End to Union-Busting
Later today, hundreds of community members will take to the streets to tell University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) officials that enough is enough. Enough of the poverty wages. Enough of the union-busting. Enough of […]
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich Explains Why You Should Support #FastFoodStrikes (Video)
Here’s Robert Reich laying out the reality of today’s low wage jobs and explaining why you should support striking fast food workers and their demands for a living wage. It’s not that fast […]
Fast Food Strikes in over 100 U.S Cities today | #FastFoodStrikes
Fast food workers in over 100 U.S. cities took to the streets today to advocate for a living wage. Here’s a how coverage of the event from people on the ground looked on Twitter. For […]
CLEAN Carwash Campaign: Building Community Power Through Community Partnerships
The low-wage workers of the 19th century became the backbone of the powerful and dynamic labor movement of the 20th Century that brought the American middle-class into being. The eight-hour day, the weekend, sick days, […]