The Daily Jolt with Rick Smith Powered by LaborForce Media

The Daily Jolt with Rick Smith has been banned in Russia.We’ll try to remain humble, but it does feel like an important milestone when talking about fair pay, worker power, unions, democracy, and basic human dignity becomes too spicy for authoritarian censorship.Who knew “working people deserve a voice” was such a radical concept? Sorry…not sorry…

Powered by LaborForce Media, The Daily Jolt with Rick Smith brings listeners a daily conversation focused on the issues shaping workers, unions, families, and communities across the country.

Hosted by Rick Smith, longtime host of The Rick Smith Show, The Daily Jolt is designed to cut through political spin, corporate talking points, and misinformation by focusing on the issues that directly affect working America. The show brings together labor news, fact-based commentary, interviews, and solution-oriented discussion in a daily format.

Powered by LaborForce Media, The Daily Jolt with Rick Smith brings listeners a daily conversation focused on the issues shaping workers, unions, families, and communities across the country.

A platform where union voices can help explain not only what is happening, but why it matters to working people across the country. Guests may include union leaders, workers, policy experts, journalists, advocates, elected officials, workforce leaders, and subject-matter experts connected to labor, healthcare, benefits, safety, retirement security, apprenticeship, economic fairness, civic rights, and working-class communities.

The program is also designed to move beyond identifying problems. Each episode connects issues to impact, brings facts into the conversation, and helps listeners understand where action, organizing, education, advocacy, or community engagement may be part of the solution.So much winning/\Congress tone deafLabor History; 1965 Peabody father/son strikeChild labor deathsMeasles -RFK Jr.Labor History 1851 William Cooper Fugitive Slave ActUnemployment Fraud

Now available on radio and podcast platforms. Powered by LaborForce Media, The Daily Jolt with Rick Smith brings listeners a daily conversation focused on the issues shaping workers, unions, families, and communities across the country.

A daily radio and podcast program brings working America a fast-moving mix of labor news, fact-based commentary, interviews, and solutions-focused “good outrage.”Iowa Steel plant does it get built?Tax breaks for corporationsLabor History - 1929 National Textile strikeFuel Taxes SuspendedTax credits don't put food on tableLabor History -US Army created/ Minimum Wage