The Rick Smith Show - 6/3/2015

Irwin Aronson, Labor Attorney and Rick Smith Show regular joins Rick to talk about the recent story with “Helicopter” Senator Scott Wagner’s education stunt and how disconnected some politicians seem to be about the state of education in Pennsylvania.

Andy Hoover, Legislative Director for the ACLU joins Rick to discuss upcoming legislation to curtail police and district attorney abuses of Pennsylvania’s asset for forfeiture laws.

Larry Spivak, President of the Illinois Labor History Society joins Rick to talk about the Memorial Day Massacre at Republican Steel in Chicago and why Labor’s history is so important to workers today.

Frank Emspak, Executive Producer at Worker’s Independent News joins Rick to talk about the labor news of the week.

Aspen Baker, author of Pro-Voice: How to Keep Listening When the World Wants a Fight joins Rick to talk about her recently released book and why it is important to share individual stories.