Disabled Workers Still Struggle More with Unemployment

Name: Disabled Workers Still Struggle More with Unemployment
Uploaded: 2012-07-26T22:00:00Z
Duration: P533S
Description: Twenty-two years after George H.W. Bush signed the American Disability Act into law, questions remain on whether the law prevents hiring discrimination of disabled workers. Judy Woodruff talks to U.S. Business Leadership Network's Jill Houghton and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) about efforts to employ more disabled people.

Clip: 07/26/2012 | 8m 53s

Twenty-two years after George H.W. Bush signed the American Disability Act into law, questions remain on whether the law prevents hiring discrimination of disabled workers. Judy Woodruff talks to U.S. Business Leadership Network's Jill Houghton and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) about efforts to employ more disabled people.

Aired: 07/26/12

Rating: NR

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Disabled Workers Still Struggle More with Unemployment

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