The Rick Smith Show for 6-21-2017

Irwin Aronson, labor attorney joins Rick to share his thought on the big rally in Harrisburg, PA that saw more than 1,000 Teamsters and union member converge on the state’s capital to send their message that “Right to Work laws are wrong for PA” and to explain what the recent decision by the US Supreme to take up the Wisconsin Gerrymandering case could mean for 2018.

Jeff Farmer, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Director of Organizing joins Rick to give an update from the picket lines as port truck drivers continue their strike for dignity and respect on the job as well as being properly classified as employees and what this campaign means for workers in the rest of the industry and workers across the spectrum.

 

Braddock Mayor John Fetterman, Former US Senate Candidate joins Rick to discuss the results of the special elections in Georgia and South Carolina as Democratic candidates closed the voter gap but failed to win an election.  Is this a sign of times ahead or will these moral victories prove useful in 2018?