Segments From This Episode

• Women’s role in labor force continued to grow in August. Is the trend sustainable?

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  The growth was largely driven by working mothers. Flexible and remote jobs help, but the expiration of child care relief funds may hurt.

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• Hotels get creative as the hospitality labor market remains tight

  by Lily Jamali

  

  Employment in the field is slowly growing, but some companies are highlighting their role in the community to attract workers.

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• How Labor Day has changed — and not changed — in its 140-year history

  by Maria Hollenhorst

  

  The first Labor Day parade took place in 1882. Historian Allyson Brantley says there are notable parallels between that moment and today.

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• Why Germany's child care costs a fraction of what it does in the U.S.

  by Leanna Byrne

  Lack of affordable child care has held women back from participating in the U.S. labor force. Yet child care is only getting more expensive. What lessons can we learn from Germany?

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• St. Louis leatherworker is giving the soccer ball a new look and feel

  by Richard Cunningham

  

  Jon-Paul Wheatley is combining his lifelong love of soccer with his pandemic hobby of crafting leather. He’s documenting it all online.

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• The big business of wacky holidays

  by Maria Hollenhorst

  

  Holidays, even made-up ones, can be powerful marketing tools.

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