Subject: Reconstruction along the Gulf Coast - Tonight on NOW Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:24:10 -0600 Message-ID: <BDD0A3EABE40F04A8C7200805EDE5A6A02DE98C8@PEPSI.uwec.edu> From: "Richmond, Rick" <rrichmon@uwec.edu>
SFPJ listers may be interested in PBS' NOW segment on Gulf Coast
reconstruction, showing tonight at 8:00 on Wisconsin Public Television
(cable channel 2) and at 8:30 on Twin Cities Public Television (cable
channel 10). The segment will be repeated at 10AM Sunday on channel 2.
A summary:
Thousands of immigrant workers are being lured into New Orleans to
help rebuild the city after Hurricane Katrina. But are corporations
shutting out the local workforce and boosting profits by hiring these
workers with low pay, no benefits, and awful working conditions? On
Friday, November 18, 2005 at 8:30 P.M. on PBS (check local listings) NOW
Senior Correspondent Maria Hinojosa looks at who's benefiting from the
reconstruction along the Gulf Coast, and how the Bush Administration's
post - Katrina polices might have encouraged the exploitation of
workers.