04/13/2008 - 5:12pm
The Rick Smith Show is sponsoring an essay contest for
the children and grandchildren of all union members. There will be 3 First
Place winners of $100, 3 Second Place winners of $50 and 3 Third Place winners of
$25. The Rick Smith Show is promoting family unionism. The question of, “How
has the Union helped your family?” is a very important one for kids to be able
to answer. All winners will have their entries read on air Labor Day Weekend
2008. So join in the fun.
04/03/2008 - 10:58pm
This week the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO held its 38th
annual convention in Philadelphia, PA.
Outside of the convention sat a 48 foot Boeing trailer highlighting
their KC-787 plane. Visitor could take a
shot at flying the large fuel tanker that our military is not purchasing and
see the history of in air refueling. The
big question is WHY are we buying military planes from any foreign
country? Why are the same people who
brought us the ridiculous Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast rhetoric the same
03/06/2008 - 4:28pm
02/15/2008 - 8:08pm
Democratic California Representative George Miller’s staff at the House Committee on Education and Labor put together a
striking map mashup
that represents the thousands of Americans who died on the job in 2007.
The markers on the image represent just 10% of the work-related
deaths last year - as the site notes, this mashup clearly “demonstrates
the need to strengthen worker safety protections.”
02/07/2008 - 3:58pm
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters
is the latest member of the Bush administration to break the law: She continues
to give dangerous Mexican trucks access to our highways despite overwhelmingly
bipartisan measures passed by Congress and signed by President Bush.
02/03/2008 - 3:41pm
The facts are what they are. One only needs to view this chart to realize
the policies of the conservative movement are destroying our nation. Under conservative rule we have seen our
manufacturing prowess eviscerated, our stature in the world obliterate, and our
standard of living spiraling toward another Great Depression. 
01/10/2008 - 1:36am
Repeating the populist theme of the ads it used in Iowa to garner support for guaranteed, publicly-funded, single-payer health care, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
01/06/2008 - 12:28pm
(RSN) Carlisle, PA On Saturday January 5, 2008 The Rick Smith Show expanded
adding a second 2 hour show. Central Pennsylvania listeners can now tune in both Saturdays
and Sundays noon-2pm.
01/04/2008 - 11:17pm
Please excuse our appearance while we undergo some construction. We'll be up and running at full speed soon.
