The Rick Smith Show 5-23-2018

Paul Secunda, Professor of Law and Director, Labor and Employment Law Program at Marquette University joins Rick to discuss the recently released video of police tasing an NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks over a parking ticket, the NFL imposing No Kneeling Policy without bargaining with the players union, and the Supreme Courts most recent attacks on workers’ rights.

Celeste Drake, Trade & Globalization Policy Specialist at the AFL-CIO joins Rick to talk about where the NAFTA negotiations and if there will be an agreement by the end of the year. Celeste answers the question of which bad trade deal is worse, China or NAFTA?

Anna Kruk Corbin, mother, health care activist, and patient advocate joins Rick to share her experience of fighting health insurance companies, the medical bureaucracy, and a Republican machine hell bent on taking Medicaid from her children.