The New sweatshops : the glamour-less electronics industry / hosted by Jude Thilman ; produced by Gina Hotta.

Program Title:
The New sweatshops : the glamour-less electronics industry / hosted by Jude Thilman ; produced by Gina Hotta.
Series Title:
Communications revolution : series II ; no. 2
PRA Archive #: 
PZ0227.02
Description: 

Guests Richard Carlson, of Spectrum Economics; Lenny Siegel, of Pacific Studies Center; and Karen Hossfeld, San Francisco State University Sociologist, discuss the realities of working in the electronics industry. The popular image of high-tech jobs does not reflect the realities of segregation in the workplace, immigrant workers who receive low pay, high stress, and the repetitive and hazardous labor.|THE NEW SWEATSHOPS : THE GLAMOUR-LESS ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY / hosted by Jude Thilman| produced by Gina Hotta. - SERIES: Communications revolution : series II| no. 2 - Guests Richard Carlson, of Spectrum Economics| Lenny Siegel, of Pacific Studies Center| and Karen Hossfeld, San Francisco State University Sociologist, discuss the realities of working in the electronics industry. The popular image of high-tech jobs does not reflect the realities of segregation in the workplace, immigrant workers who recieve low pay, high stress, and the repetitive and hazardous labor. - BROADCAST: Satellite, 10 Nov. 1993.

Station: 
Pacifica National Programming
Date Recorded on: 
Date Broadcast on: 
Satellite, 10 Nov. 1993.
Item duration: 
1 reel (59 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|59:00
Keywords: 
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Hossfeld, Karen.
Siegel, Lenny.
Carlson, Richard.
Thilman, Jude.
Immigrants -- Employment -- United States.
Work -- Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
Technology -- Social aspects.
New sweatshops : the glamour-less electronics industry / hosted by Jude Thilman ; produced by Gina Hotta. **The
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1993.
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