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Mon., 7/2/12
Viva La Literature
Mon., 7/2/12
Viva La Literature
The Callie Crossley Show
Marjorie Garber and Alicia Anstead join us.
Fri., 6/29/12
Let's Do the Time Warp (Never) Again!
Fri., 6/29/12
Let's Do the Time Warp (Never) Again!
The Callie Crossley Show
Garen Daly joins us.
Fri., 6/29/12
Week in Review
Fri., 6/29/12
Week in Review
The Callie Crossley Show
Peter Kadzis, Gintautas Dumcius and Sue O'Connell join us.
Thurs., 6/28/12
The Gavel Comes Down on Government
Thurs., 6/28/12
The Gavel Comes Down on Government
The Callie Crossley Show
Arnie Arnesen, Robert Whitcomb and Brian Rosman join us..
Wed., 6/27/12
60 Feet Underground
Wed., 6/27/12
60 Feet Underground
The Callie Crossley Show
Leon Neyfakh joins us.
Wed., 6/27/12
The Pru: A Love/Hate Story
Wed., 6/27/12
The Pru: A Love/Hate Story
The Callie Crossley Show
Elihu Rubin joins us.
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Last Friday the U.S. Department of Labor announced that unemployment dropped to 8.6 percent, and job growth over the last three months has averaged 143,000 a month. But, what kinds of jobs are being created?
Today, four million Americans are working at minimum wage or lower. Many think these jobs can be a stepping stone to something better. Not so says economist Paul Osterman. In his new book, Good Jobs America, he argues that most workers get trapped in these low paying jobs. It doesn’t have to be this way- if employers adopt the right policies they can turn these low-wage jobs into good ones, he says. Today we examine what it means to have a good job and what needs to be done to create more of them.
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Last Friday the U.S. Department of Labor announced that unemployment dropped to 8.6 percent, and job growth over the last three months has averaged 143,000 a month. But, what kinds of jobs are being created?
Today, four million Americans are working at minimum wage or lower. Many think these jobs can be a stepping stone to something better. Not so says economist Paul Osterman. In his new book, Good Jobs America, he argues that most workers get trapped in these low paying jobs. It doesn’t have to be this way- if employers adopt the right policies they can turn these low-wage jobs into good ones, he says. Today we examine what it means to have a good job and what needs to be done to create more of them.
Guests:
- Paul Osterman: professor of human resources and management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Co-author of Good Jobs America: Making Work Better for Everyone
- Russ Davis: executive director of Massachusetts Jobs with Justice
- Steve Poftak: director of research and director of the Shamie Center for Better Government at The Pioneer Institute
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