The Rick Smith Show Full Three Hour Show 8-17-2016

Irwin Aronson, labor attorney and Rick Smith Show regular is back to explain the recent unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision turning back the Philadelphia School Reform Commission’s attempt to unilaterally cancel parts of the Philadelphia Federation of Teacher’s contract and to discuss why attacking teachers in poverty communities is not the answer.

Braddock Pennsylvania Mayor John Fetterman joins Rick to discuss the recent insanity coming from Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and ask why Pennsylvania’s Republican incumbent Pat Toomey has failed to distance himself from the Trump hate circus. 

Marc Stier, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center joins Rick to talk about the painful effects of the ideological war on workers and their unions and what lower wages, less health care, and worsening conditions means for workers and their families across the economy.

Dr. Kenneth M. Mash, President of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) joins Rick to discuss the possibility of a strike this fall across the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) after more than a year without a contract and what’s driving the lengthy delay.