WOMEN - Working While Pregnant

"When workplace conditions put women’s pregnancies at risk" PBS NewsHour 10/31/2018

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SUMMARY:  Forty years ago, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act made it illegal for employers to deny a woman a job, a promotion or higher pay because she is pregnant.  But a new investigation found cases when workplace conditions put pregnant women at physical risk.  William Brangham speaks with Tasha Murrell who suffered a miscarriage in 2014, and Fatima Goss Graves CEO of the National Women's Law Center.

DoD - Bad Contracting Again

This is an ongoing issue in Department of Defense contracting.  Ignoring issues in a rush to get funding.

"The government is paying billions to shipbuilders with histories of safety lapses" PBS NewsHour 7/17/2017

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SUMMARY:  The U.S. shipbuilding industry continues to win billions of dollars in contracts to build Navy and Coast Guard vessels, despite serious safety lapses that have endangered and killed workers.  From Reveal at the Center for Investigative Reporting, special correspondent Aubrey Aden-Buie reports.