Apr 06 Watch Weaker U.S. Jobs Report Prompts More Questions Over Size of Labor Force Weaker U.S. Jobs Report Prompts More Questions Over Size of Labor Force… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch ‘Solar Suitcase’ Sheds Light on Darkened Delivery Rooms After witnessing the consequences of power outages in Nigeria's health facilities, obstetrician Dr. Laura Stachel came up with a solution: a suitcase containing elements to produce and store solar energy. Spencer Michels reports on the life-saving device that aims to… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Apple Supplier Foxconn Pledges Better Working Conditions, but Will it Deliver? Apple Supplier Foxconn Pledges Better Working Conditions, but Will it Deliver?… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch Who Makes Apple’s Gadgets and Under What Conditions? While Apple's popularity has grown with products like the iPad, iPod and iPhone, so has criticism of the labor practices at Chinese factories where the products are made. Jeffrey Brown discusses the criticism and an ongoing audit of worker conditions… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch ‘Slavery by Another Name’ Relays the Forgotten Stories of Post-Civil War Slaves 'Slavery by Another Name' Relays the Forgotton Stories of Post-Civil War Slavery… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch How Many Manufacturing Jobs Can U.S. Realistically Maintain? As President Obama and GOP presidential candidates talk about reviving the U.S. manufacturing sector in hopes of creating jobs, how realistic is that goal in the face of continued outsourcing and machines filling jobs once held by humans? Ray Suarez… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Obama Administration Delays Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Should President Obama approve a major extension of the Keystone XL pipeline? Ray Suarez discusses that question, which has divided business, environmental groups and labor unions, with The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin. Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch UAW, Big 3 Reach Agreement Amid New Economic Climate The United Auto Workers has reached a deal for a new contract with Chrysler after working out similar deals with GM and Ford. Jeffrey Brown discusses what these new labor contracts might mean for workers and the Big Three automakers… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch Boeing Battle: Was Dreamliner Move to S.C. Legal or Strike Retaliation? A new $750 million Boeing factory in South Carolina is at the heart of a controversial National Labor Relations Board case. It was opened as a second location to build 787 Dreamliner jets after a series of union strikes in… Continue watching
May 05 Watch In Calif. Town, Prison May Fix One Employment Problem, But Create Another The small California farm town of Mendota is struggling to diversify its economy, which revolves around seasonal agricultural work that creates times of very high unemployment. University of California, Berkeley student Alissa Figueroa reports on one solution that could also… Continue watching