The Rick Smith Show Full Three Hour Show 6-15-2016

Irwin Aronson, Labor attorney and Rick Smith Show contributor joins Rick to discuss the recent pension plan making its way through the Pennsylvania General Assembly and what these “reforms” will mean for taxpayers and past, present, and future workers. 

Braddock Mayor John Fetterman joins Rick to discuss extreme reactions from the Orlando shooting and bring some common sense to the gun debate based on what he sees everyday as the mayor of a community struggling with poverty and inequality.

Mark Price, Labor Economist with the Keystone Research Center joins Rick to give a sneak peek at a study he has co-authored on inequality in America set to be released on June 16 and what needs to be done to close the gap.

Stephen Franklin, former labor and workplace reporter for the Chicago Tribune joins Rick to talk about his latest article titled, “The War on Workers’ Comp” and to expose the political long game of the incremental destruction of a prosperous working class into a desperation class.