TED Talks
TED: COVID-19 unraveled the workforce. Here's how to fix it | Mary L. Gray
We are living through the tech-enabled unraveling of full-time employment itself, says anthropologist Mary L. Gray. As the pandemic exposes and accelerates the shift to on-demand online labor, Gray takes us inside the jobs being created...
TED Talks
TED: The work that makes all other work possible | Ai-jen Poo
Domestic workers are entrusted with the most precious aspects of people's lives -- they're the nannies, the elder-care workers and the house cleaners who do the work that makes all other work possible. Too often, they're invisible, taken...
TED Talks
TED: What foods did your ancestors love? | Aparna Pallavi
Around the world, Indigenous food cultures vanish because of industrialized agriculture and a shifting, Western-influenced concept of the ideal diet. Food researcher Aparna Pallavi explores why once-essential culinary traditions...
PBS
Why Doesn't the US Have Paid Parental Leave?
The day is finally here! Your baby has arrived and you're officially a new parent! But how long until that new baby smell wears off and you're forced to return to work and find reliable childcare? Today Danielle looks at the history...
Sky News
Ed Miliband People's Question Time in Southwark
Ed Miliband People's Question Time in Southwark
Bloomberg
Germany Under Economic Pressure as EU Leaders Meet
Oct. 8 -- Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro examines employment issues in the European Union and economic pressures in Germany as leaders meet to find ideas to jump start the European economy. He speaks on Bloomberg Surveillance.
Bloomberg
What Are the Biggest Challenges for India's Modi in His Second Term?
May.23 -- Eswar Prasad, Tolani senior professor of trade policy at Cornell University, talks about landslide election victory of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Prasad speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia."
Bloomberg
Societe Generale CEO Oudea on Volatility, European Banks
Feb.20 -- Societe Generale CEO Frederic Oudea discusses the "very low-volatility" environment, European banking market and acquisition plans. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin and Alix Steel on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."
Bloomberg
Sharma: France Must Pull Back Tentacles of the State
July 13 -- Jonathan Fenby, co-founder at Trusted Sources, and Ruchir Sharma, head of emerging markets and chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, discuss French politics and the problems associated with the...
Bloomberg
Davide Serra Sees 40,000 Job Cuts If Deutsche Bank Buys Commerzbank
Apr.08 -- Davide Serra, chief executive officer of Algebris Investments, discusses the possible merger between Deutsche Bank AG and Commerzbank AG. He also discusses Europe's banking industry as a whole on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Bloomberg
CaixaBank, Bankia Deal Creates Spain’s Largest Bank
Sep.18 -- CaixaBank SA will purchase Bankia SA in a deal worth $4.5 billion, creating Spain’s biggest lender. Bloomberg’s Charlie Devereaux reports on "Bloomberg Markets: European Close."
Bloomberg
India's 2Q Growth Slowest Since 2014
Aug.31 -- India's economy grew at the slowest rate in three years in the second quarter. Companies and retailers cut back on spending ahead of the implementation of the goods and services tax. Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin reports on...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Cesar Chavez Day
Scholars learn how Cesar Chavez and his labor union organized boycotts to promote changes for migrant farm workers. In video clips, Chavez also speaks on how the boycott can promote change and efforts people can take to help. The...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire change modern working conditions? The engaging resource explains conditions that contributed to the tragic fire, the workers affected by it, and how it changed labor laws and working...
PBS
Labor Day | All About the Holidays
Labor Day isn't just a day off at the beginning of the school year! Learn all about the workers who fought for labor laws and workplace safety with an informative video about the origins of Labor Day.
PBS
The Supreme Court: Worker's Rights
How did the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment affect worker's rights? Discover why it is so important using an enlightening resource. Learners watch a video about worker's rights, read background information...
PBS
The Supreme Court: FDR and the Court
What do FDR, the New Deal, and the Supreme Court have in common? All three were involved in a court case that granted a maid back wages, so she received the minimum wage at the time—a case in which the Supreme Court ruled in favor of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Made in l.a.: Examine Labor Practices in the Garment Industry
In this clip, a Mexican immigrant and garment worker talks about the working conditions in the garment factory. [2:14]