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In this episode we speak with restaurateurs and a labor activist about how the pandemic is reshaping how some think about tips and the minimum wage...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:53
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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
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Finding the right number to raise Portland’s minimum wage is proving to be hard.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:59
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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...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:45
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Caption: Rosa Robinson turns out cupcakes and other confections for Sweet Dreams Bake Shop, Credit: Sukey Lewis
Sky-high rents, Google buses and gentrification are all buzzwords around the Bay Area. But that is not the case in the city of Richmond. With unemp...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
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Chi-town manufacturing hasn’t disappeared, you just have to know where to look for it.

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:53
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Caption: Dairy farmer John Rosenow stands in front of a semi truck. His 550 dairy cows fill one semi every day to sell across the street to the cheese factory., Credit: Laurel Morales
Wisconsin Dairy farmer John Rosenow hires workers from Mexico. How one dairy farmer sees his workers as his assets.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:33
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2 Minute Teach-In on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, or TPP, gives facts about this massive trade and investment treaty being negotiated i...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
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California’s budget crisis has meant huge cuts in cities across the Bay Area. Pinole, a city of 18,000 in Contra Costa County, is no exception. Sin...

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 06:21
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Caption: Paul Zak, Credit: James Duncan Davidson/TED
Phalana Tiller talks with author Ron Ashkenas about his HBR blog "Learn to Trust Your Gut." She also interviews neuroeconomist Paul Zak about his r...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Frances Hesselbein
Host Phalana Tiller interviews Frances Hesselbein of the Leader to Leader Institute and bestselling author Marcus Buckingham about the unique stren...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Rep. Sander Levin  (D-MI 12th), Credit: Peter Stepanek
Congressman Levin spoke at a Nationol Press Club Lunceon on Monday April 19th. The Chairman of the House Ways and Means committee discussed severa...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
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With around 80,000 Haitians expected to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that will allow them to legally work and live in South Florida, ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
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Confessions of a bee keeper

  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: :18
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Capitalism is no more than a long, drawn-out poker game

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 02:23
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Although well in the minority, unionized workers do much better financially and otherwise than their non-union counterparts

  • Added: Mar 15, 2006
  • Length: 02:25