Feb 13 Watch Possible unionization by Volkswagen auto workers spurs political backlash in Tennessee By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Obama administration delays health insurance mandate until 2016 for midsize employers By PBS News Hour The Obama administration announced that mid-sized businesses would get an additional year before being required to provide health insurance to its employees. Alex Wayne of Bloomberg News joins Judy Woodruff to explain the impetus behind the surprise delay, the reaction… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Economist warns against overacting to January’s lower-than-expected jobs numbers By PBS News Hour Just 113,000 new jobs were added in January, according to the Labor Department’s monthly employment report. The numbers failed to meet expectations, but the unemployment rate nevertheless ticked down to 6.6 percent. Economics correspondent Paul Solman deciphers the numbers with… Continue watching
Feb 07 Jobs report: ‘Whatever you thought yesterday is pretty much what you should feel today’ By Simone Pathe If you read the headlines, January's jobs report was, by most accounts, disappointing. The number of jobs added wasn't as high as expected, even though the unemployment rate ticked down. But Bureau of Labor Statistics data is more noisy than… Continue reading
Feb 07 Jobs report shows slow growth, lowest unemployment since 2008 By Cindy Huang The US economy added 113,000 jobs in January, 2014. [/caption]The jobs report for January was weaker than expected for the second month in a row, but also boasts the lowest unemployment rate since October 2008. The US economy added 113,000… Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Is academia suffering from ‘adjunctivitis’? Low-paid adjunct professors struggle to make ends meet By PBS News Hour Juggling multiple part-time jobs, earning little-to-no benefits, depending on public assistance: This is the financial reality for many adjunct professors across the nation. Economics correspondent Paul Solman looks for the origins of this growing employment trend at colleges and universities. Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch News Wrap: Senate GOP blocks renewal of long-term jobless benefits By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Senate Democrats fell short by one vote to limit debate on a bill that would restore benefits to Americans who have been unemployed for six months or more. Also, the American Heart Association released its… Continue watching
Feb 06 Two loves: An adjunct’s journey from the classroom to the racetrack By Ingrid Steffensen Ingrid Steffensen thought she'd be spending her life on a university campus. But the relationship she imagined for herself -- teaching and reading and writing full-time (and making a living doing it) -- wasn’t to be. Her love for the… Continue reading
Feb 05 How one professor’s American dream — teaching — turned into the American nightmare By Arik Greenberg Being an adjunct isn't what most part-time university faculty had in mind when they envisioned being a professor. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch New report forecasts health care reform law will decrease U.S. labor supply By PBS News Hour Continue watching