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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Dov Charney Stokes American Apparel Rift

    Today’s Labor Department report on the latest jobs numbers make it clear that the American workforce has changed a lot in the last 50 years. We’re now adding more service-oriented jobs, while manufacturing growth has slowed. But one company here in L.A. that straddles both is American Apparel.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 6, 2015 • 1 min read

    Today’s Labor Department report on the latest jobs numbers make it clear that the American workforce has changed a lot in the last 50 years. We’re now adding more service-oriented jobs, while manufacturing growth has slowed. But one company here in L.A. that straddles both is American Apparel. Now, its workers are fighting for more rights, stoked partly by ousted CEO Dov Charney. We take a look at the rift between Charney, new management, and the workers caught in the middle.

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    Dov Charney Can’t Quit American Apparel, Albert Maysles, and Tickling Science
    1. 0:00Dov Charney Stokes American Apparel RiftYou’re reading this
    2. 8:45Death Rates for White Women on the Rise
    3. 17:19A High-Powered Silicon Valley Discrimination Trial
    4. 26:58Movies: Remembering the Maysles Brothers
    5. 42:16The Science of Tickling
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Dov Charney Can’t Quit American Apparel, Albert Maysles, and Tickling Science
    1. 0:00Dov Charney Stokes American Apparel RiftYou’re reading this
    2. 8:45Death Rates for White Women on the Rise
    3. 17:19A High-Powered Silicon Valley Discrimination Trial
    4. 26:58Movies: Remembering the Maysles Brothers
    5. 42:16The Science of Tickling
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