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Gig Workers, driver's for app companies such as Lyft and Uber, are struggling during COVID-19. They're considered essential workers, so they can st...
Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
- Added: May 11, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
5-05-15 WMMT Mountain News & World Report Feature
April 4th was the 6th anniversary of the Upper Big Branch disaster, when 29 coal miners were kil...
- Added: Apr 08, 2016
- Length: 15:54
Low paid workers tell the story of the “Fight for 15,” the exploding nationwide movement for fair wages.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR
- Added: Mar 16, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
The official unemployment rate is a single number--but it doesn’t tell the full story, including how long individual workers have been unemployed. ...
Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 12, 2015
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 2
The way we make a living is changing. For about a third of Americans, regular hours and benefits are giving way to a patchwork of contracting, temp...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 06:45
- Purchases: 1
Despite the success of small businesses in Goshen, Indiana, the city's poverty rate increased by 13.3 percent in the last few years. Reporter John...
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 03:59
Paul Eisenstein of TheDetroitBureau.com says the big three automakers, Chrysler, GM and Ford, have record-breaking profit sharing bonuses. But that...
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 07:09
Hugh Sinclair traveled to several continents while working for numerous banks, agencies and institutions, and saw microfinance from the ground up. ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 28:59
One East Oakland neighborhood decided to try a different economic model in their community. Time Banking.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 29, 2009
- Length: 06:22
- Purchases: 1
Charlotte-area small business Tyler 2 Construction is putting laid-off workers on "attached unemployment" and still paying their health insurance b...
Bought by Michigan Radio Economy Special and KUOW
- Added: Nov 23, 2009
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 2
The minimum wage went up by $.35 in Montana in July
- Added: Aug 20, 2009
- Length: 03:25
State Truck Driver Winners Listen To Public Radio
- Added: May 19, 2009
- Length: 03:46
BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 04:09
