Tag: jobs
Alec Ross: Hogan Failing Maryland on Climate, Education, and Jobs
The Maryland Gubernatorial candidate says Hogan wants to carry out Betsy DeVos’s agenda on public schools, has failed to uplift areas like Baltimore, or create green jobs Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support…
The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: September 7, 2018
Eze and Khalilah sit down with Caryn York, Executive Director of Job Opportunities Task Force, to discuss Baltimore City School closings due to lack of AC, Gov. Hogan’s rhetoric vs. track record, abuse of women…
Foxconn – Who Pays the Price for a Bad Deal?
Foxconn promised to bring 13,000 factory jobs to Wisconsin in return for huge incentives. Wisconsin has made itself ready, bulldozing farmland. But now progress has stalled and the jobs are nowhere to be seen. So…
Protesters say “No to NATO” in Washington
Peace activists converged in the nation’s capital to oppose what they say is aggressive NATO expansion Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational…
Will Trump’s Instincts Win Him a Second Term?
This week Trump officially announced his bid for re-election, and gave his assessment of the Democratic candidates. Are his instincts right, or is he just the right mascot for a larger movement? Subscribe to our…
6.6 Million People Filed For Unemployment Last Week
The $2.2 trillion stimulus did nothing to help working people. Even before the new data was released, writer Brendan O’Connor said tenants were facing eviction and organizing rent strikes to help each other survive the…
COVID-19: Disinformation, Overwhelmed Healthcare System Fuel Crisis
Public Citizen’s Lisa Gilbert says the coronavirus bailout prioritizes providing healthcare and job protection over corporate interests. Producer: Jaisal Noor Video Editor: Oscar León Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
Johns Hopkins Leads The COVID-19 Response, But Just Laid Off Its Low-Wage Workers
At a May Day rally, workers said Johns Hopkins University reneged on a commitment to give laid off workers four weeks pay. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…
Largest Public Utility To Outsource Hundreds Of Jobs Amid Covid-19
Despite Trump’s ‘America First’ policy, the Tennessee Valley Authority is outsourcing hundreds of federal jobs overseas. Director/Video Editor: Will Arenas Visual Producer: Andrew Corkery Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
Why You Should Give a F*ck | Ep. 3 | Labor Rights
We explore the different areas of labor rights and the role we all play in their enforcement, while digging deeper into the aspect of mental health as it relates to our rights as workers. Reach…
U.S. jobs soared far beyond expectations in September
Businesses are still hiring at a high rate as consumer spending remains robust. Colby Smith, a U.S. economics editor for the Financial Times, joins CBS News with some of the indicators of where the economy…
A just transition away from the war economy is possible
Ever since World War II, the US economy has become increasingly reliant on the war industry to provide jobs. It was, in fact, World War II that converted our existing economy into one dependent on…
Rattling the Bars: Repurposing prisons can revitalize rural America
The economic fortunes of rural communities across the United States are often deeply intertwined with the prison industrial complex. This poses a real challenge to the project of ending mass incarceration. How can organizers build…
Kayla Denker speaks out against death threats, transphobic backlash
Kayla Denker is a military veteran and a trained archaeologist who has worked in the private sector and for the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. She is also a trans woman…
