There has been a lot of outcry over Wall Street's big bonuses. But many other CEO's are getting posh perks too. Kai Ryssdal speaks with Footnoted.org's Michelle Leder, who has been tracking some of the perks.
The United Auto Workers has reached a tentative agreement with Chrysler. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports on how auto workers' benefits will be impacted after negotiating is over.
Some areas of the country are being hit particulary hard by the economic downturn. Reporter Amy Scott visited a job fair in Youngstown, Ohio, once a thriving steel town now with a double-digit unemployment rate.
Continuing jobless claims have topped 6.1 million, a new high for the data. Bill Radke talks to Gary Chaison, who says it's difficult to say when exactly these hard numbers will let up.
Just because you don't have a paying job right now doesn't mean you have to stop working. Nonprofits are being currently flooded with volunteers, many of them professionals with long resumes. Lisa Napoli reports this can also be a good career strategy.
Worker protests in France have gone to extremes lately as angry employees feel they're running out of options. Anita Elash looks into the recent rise of bossnappings and other demonstrations of the French labor movement.
The Labor Department will issue state-by-state unemployment figures today for March. Regions where jobless claims are high will vary, as will the solutions for getting states out of their downward spiral. John Dimsdale reports.
Most stories about the newly unemployed are all about doom and gloom. But some people are riding out unemployment on severance packages and savings. Reporter Julie Rose finds that this new-found freedom can't last forever.
One Swedish city used to brag that it took in more Iraqi refugees than the entire U.S., until it ran out of jobs for the new expats. Now other towns in Sweden are trying to lure refugees with career opportunities. Alisa Roth reports.
A new Dutch reality TV show is giving coworkers at an ailing business the chance to decide who gets fired at their firm. Stephen Beard explains why "Someone's Gotta Go" might have a cathartic effect in a downtrodden economy.
