The Rick Smith Show Full Three Hour Show 8-23-2016

Larry Cohen, former Communications Workers of America President joins Rick to talk REVOLUTION, and, to preview the launching of the Our Revelation grassroots organization by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to keep the pressure on elected officials to fight for working families.

Laura Huizar, Staff Attorney with the National Employment Law Project (NELP) joins Rick to discuss the recent news of aHennepin County district court judge ordering the Minneapolis City Council to place a proposal to raise the city’s hourly minimum wage to $15/hour on the November ballot.

Eric Heins, President of California Teachers Association joins Rick to discuss the recent California State Supreme Court decision in Vergara vs. State of California that would have destroyed teacher tenure and been another knife in the back of the teaching profession upholding the reality that the problem is not tenure or TEACHERS. 

Rebecca Vallas, Managing Director of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to talk about everything you ever wanted know about the President Bill Clinton era “Welfare Reform” Bill and how all the promises have worked for working people.

Sharon Pillar, Clean Energy Consultant currently working with Environmental Entrepreneurs or E2 joins Rick to discuss the national, nonpartisan group of business owners, investors and others advocating for smart energy policies that are good for the economy and good for the environment.