Tag Archives: Desarrollo Económico
Breaking the Wine Glass Ceiling.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26. PROGRAM # 7661 12:00 PM PT Breaking the Wine Glass Ceiling. Granddaughter of a Mexican Bracero guest worker and daughter of a farm laborer-turned-master winemaker, Vanessa Robledo tells the story of how she rose from working in her family’s vineyard as a child to become the president of the Robledo family wine […]
Latino Retirees and the Nest Egg.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. PROGRAM # 7660 12:00 PM PT Latino Retirees and the Nest Egg. Social Security benefits make most of the income for nearly half of Latino elders and many live on the edge of poverty because they have not saved for retirement. An official of the Social Security Administration talks about how to […]
Farm Worker Unionization in San Quintin.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18. PROGRAM # 7655 12:00 PM PT Farm Worker Unionization in San Quintin. After widespread strikes protesting low wages and exploitation, farm laborers in the agro-export fields of San Quintin in Northern Mexico are building an independent labor union to bargain collectively for contract agreements. Recently, a union claiming to represent farm laborers […]
$15 Minimum.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9. PROGRAM # 7648 12:00 PM PT $15 Minimum. Fast-food cooks and cashiers from around the country announce a coordinated strike against the fast-food industry, with walkouts and demonstrations targeting city halls planned for 270 cities. At the same time, union leaders announce a drive to gather signatures to get a ballot measure […]
Labor Trafficking. Also, Cheap Chicken, Cheap Labor.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5. PROGRAM # 7646 12:00 PM PT Labor Trafficking. The number of reported crimes of human trafficking in the US is growing at an alarming rate. A watchdog US organization that operates a national hotline to detect human trafficking and labor exploitation cases is calling attention to visa-sanctioned trafficking and is joining a […]
Latino Home Buying. Also, Common Core Tests: Confusion.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4. PROGRAM # 7645 12:00 PM PT Latino Home Buying. Homeownership rates among Latino households have been declining since the last recession. Many are still recovering from the housing crash and struggle to buy a home when they move. Why are Latinos less able to buy a home? An expert reports on the […]
The Retirement Savings Crisis.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28. PROGRAM # 7640 12:00 PM PT The Retirement Savings Crisis. Latinos are among the fastest growing group of seniors, most work for companies that do not have a retirement savings plan and are not saving enough for retirement. And this savings crisis is getting worse. What are the challenges? How to prepare […]
New Anti Wage-Theft Law.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15. PROGRAM # 7631 12:00 PM PT New Anti Wage-Theft Law. California Gov. Brown signed into law a historic wage theft bill that targets employers who steal wages from their workers. The new law, known as Fair Day’s Pay Act, gives state authorities more tools to crackdown on employers cited for wage theft […]
Sheepherders Battle Sheep Industry.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8. PROGRAM # 7626 12:00 PM PT Sheepherders Battle Sheep Industry. Immigrant shepherds are fighting the sheep industry and federal labor authorities in court, accusing sheep ranches around the West of conspiring to keep wages low and to federal agencies for allowing wages to drop to illegally low levels. Up to 2,500 guest […]
The Small Business Vote.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7. PROGRAM # 7625 12:00 PM PT The Small Business Vote. The economy of the middle class has been declining in the last decades. How is the middle class discontent impacting the agenda of the presidential campaigns? As candidates court the small-business vote, analysts from different political perspectives comment on key issues for […]
