Want To Really Appreciate Your Delivery People And Supermarket Cashiers? Re-Read Studs Terkel's 'Working'
"Today, as the pandemic reshapes the ways we understand our work life and its meaning, Terkel's supermarket workers would be classified 'essential' to the smooth continuity of society. Yet they would also receive modest wages (at best) and come to work knowing that they will be exposed daily to COVID-19. It's doubtful being 'essential' would […]