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Tag Archives: construction
03/29/2011: Education in Crisis
LAUSD School Number 13
Hear in the City visits the construction site of LAUSD School Number 13, to learn more about the New School Construction Program, was approved by voters in 2007. We talk with a young engineer at the site about the new … Continue reading
Posted in 022: 3/29/2011: Education in Crisis, City Government, community redevelopment, Crisis in Education, Cypress Park, economy and equality, education, gender, infrastructure, LAUSD, Special Series, sustainability, Uncategorized, urban environment, work
Tagged achitecture, construction, high school, new contstruction, Sara Harris, school budget, teacher shortages, voter initiatives
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12/06/2010: building and construction
Construction jobs for women
Construction work is one of those professions that is the distinct domain of men in most places in the world. Hear in the City producer Luis Sierra Campos visited a workshop where 19 women of from the ages of 18 … Continue reading
12/06/2010: building and construction
UCLA Labor & Occupational Safety and Hazards Program
According to U.S bureau of labor statistics, the number of people employed in construction has dropped from 11 million in 2007 to 9 million today. Of those 9 million construction workers, nearly 2 million are self-employed, meaning they are not … Continue reading
Posted in 011: 12/06/2010: building and construction, economy and equality, education, infrastructure, Uncategorized, work
Tagged construction, high risk industry, housing boom, housing bust, independent contractors, OSHA, Sara Harris, UCLA, undocumented workers, workers' rights, workplace safety
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12/06/2010: building and construction
The housing and building bubble has burst, Hear in the City visits two organizations that are working to make the construction workforce more diverse, more dynamic, and more equitable. Hear in the City airs every Monday at 2pm Pacific Standard … Continue reading
