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There’s a severe shortage of people to care for older Americans in their homes and nursing facilities. And it’s only expected to get worse.
Could ...
- Added: Oct 20, 2022
- Length: 21:23
In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ...
- Added: Jun 02, 2022
- Length: 04:00
After COVID-19 - a Palmdale couple grapple with completely different receptions upon returning to work.
- Added: Feb 05, 2021
- Length: 06:44
Undocumented hotel housekeepers are among some of the most vulnerable workers in the pandemic. In this episode, we hear one of their stories.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 15, 2020
- Length: 22:18
- 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
If you want to hire a worker in Oakland, you’re going to have to pay a little bit more these days. At the beginning of the month, Measure FF, overw...
- Added: Apr 21, 2015
- Length: 06:30
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
When you fill out a job application, you expect to answer some basic questions. Things like your employment and education history, and relevant ski...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 07:14
International Human Rights Day, Chicago Teachers, and More!
- Added: Dec 10, 2013
- Length: 02:59
Julie Eaton is the captain of the Cat Sass. She spends 6 months of the year on the water, and is ready to haul in a union.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 04:43
- Purchases: 2
Across the country in rural America one in two new neighbors is Latino, according to a recent study. And that's an adjustment for some communities.
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 1
The Senate’s immigration reform proposal offers a fast track to citizenship for agricultural workers so that they can “continue to do the vital wor...
- Added: May 03, 2013
- Length: 04:02
He insults me every week so I call and confront him. Then music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. From the golden age a Amer...
- Added: Mar 17, 2013
- Length: 02:54:08
A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate ...
Bought by KHNS, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMUN
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland to occupy the ports and shut them down. Exploring a night with the Occupy Oakland movement, partly a party...
- Added: Nov 29, 2011
- Length: 06:15
The American Dream is that each generation will do better than the last. But the families of auto workers no longer have that expectation. As Detro...
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 06:15
How people are finding the strength and situations
that get them through economic hard times.
Bought by WVTF, KGNU Community Radio, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.5 WSNC and more
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 58:29
- Purchases: 14
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
State Truck Driver Winners Listen To Public Radio
- Added: May 19, 2009
- Length: 03:46
Truckers Are Tuning In to PubRadio Big Time!
- Added: May 17, 2009
- Length: 17:28
Workers at an Associated supermarket in Bushwick are pushing for the backpay they've been awarded after years of collecting illegally low wages. Th...
- Added: Jun 05, 2008
- Length: 04:45
audio postcard of the Writer's Guild East Strike
- Added: Nov 21, 2007
- Length: 01:53
Tyson Foods is accused of surpressing wages by hiring illegal immigants. The lawsuit points out problems in the government's handling of workplace ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KRFC
- Added: Feb 12, 2007
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 2
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News and features on the War in Iraq
Bought by KUOW, KWCW, Raven Radio, and BSR Radio
- Added: Jun 02, 2006
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Feb 26, 2005
- Length: 58:21
