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  Web Engineer: ‘I Started Making Websites in Middle School’

  For three years in the early 1970s, journalist Studs Terkel gathered stories from a variety of American workers. He then compiled them into Working, an oral-history collection that went on to become a... MORE

  Working  ·  August 25, 2014

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  Pharmacist: ‘I Always Tell My Children That I Took the Practical Route’

  For three years in the early 1970s, journalist Studs Terkel gathered stories from a variety of American workers. He then compiled them into Working, an oral-history collection that went... MORE

  Working  ·  July 21, 2014

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  Actor: ‘The Roles Get Fewer and Farther Between’

  For three years in the early 1970s, journalist Studs Terkel gathered stories from a variety of American workers. He then compiled them into Working, an oral-history collection that went... MORE

  Working  ·  July 14, 2014

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  Flight Attendant: ‘The Job Itself Is Almost Therapeutic’

  For three years in the early 1970s, journalist Studs Terkel gathered stories from a variety of American workers. He then compiled them into Working, an oral-history collection that went... MORE

  Working  ·  July 7, 2014

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  Hairstylist: ‘It’s Like Being on a First Date All the Time’

  For three years in the early 1970s, journalist Studs Terkel gathered stories from a variety of American workers. He then compiled them into Working, an oral-history collection that went... MORE

  Working  ·  June 9, 2014

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  Organic Farmer: ‘There Are a Lot of Things I Can’t Control’

  For three years in the early 1970s, journalist Studs Terkel gathered stories from a variety of American workers. He then compiled them into Working, an oral-history collection that went... MORE

  Working  ·  May 14, 2014

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  Chicago Unions Divided Over Emanuel’s Move To Gut Pensions

  Faced with a debt crisis eerily reminiscent of Detroit’s financial straits, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel now wants to slash retirement benefits for city workers, who have already seen their pension funds... MORE

  Working  ·  April 11, 2014

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  Will Bruce Rauner Be Scott Walker 2.0 for Illinois Unions?

  Over the last few years, Republican governors in the Midwest have frequently done battle with organized labor, particularly public employee unions. In 2011, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker sharply curbed the bargaining rights of public... MORE

  Working  ·  March 5, 2014

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  U.S. Chamber of Commerce ‘Exposes’ Union Backing of Worker Centers

  On Tuesday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released its second report in three months on worker centers. In it, the prominent pro-business lobbying group doubles down on its claim that the centers... MORE

  Working  ·  February 27, 2014

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  The Worst Long-Term Unemployment Crisis in 80 Years

  Kim Brown says that when she was laid off from her job in November 2011 doing customer service at an electric company in Chicago, she wasn’t too upset. “I thought this... MORE

  Working  ·  February 11, 2014

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