The Rick Smith Show Full Three hours for 8-30-2016

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale joins Rick to discuss Pennsylvania Charter School laws being featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as being the worst in the nation and to discuss allegations of charter schools waste, fraud, and abuse of tax dollars.

Nikki Budzinski, Director of Labor Outreach for the Hillary Clinton campaign joins Rick to discuss the Democratic candidate’s positions on the minimum wage, labor law reform, and trade policy and how her policies are better for working people.

Karla Walter, Director of the American Worker Project at Center for American Progress Action Fund joins Rick to explain President Obama’s recent Executive Order to reward good employers and punish bad employers and how the Executive Order will accomplish that task.

Tom Kochan, Professor and Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research joins Rick ahead of the Labor Day holiday to congratulate workers across the nation for forcing politicians to talk about real economic issues and to give direction to where the conversation needs to continue.