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work life

Content about workers' experiences of their working lives and labour.

Hang Town Mountain Democrat

A tale of toil from Richard Wool, who worked at the Press Clipping Bureau.

Paperslutting

Temp worker Stella shares her experiences of sabotage on-the-job.

Temporary Coding

A tale of toil from legal temp Mickey D.

On the Bleeding Edge

A tale of toil of a database administrator for an imaging company.

Trauma Tango - Tom Messmer

A tale of toil from a San Francisco hospital social worker.

Starring Mr. Green, in the Laundry Room, with the Knife

A tale of toil in a workers' compensation claims unit.

High seas adventures: ocean crossings in search of the revolutionary Atlantic

A banana ship worker's account of his work and relationships on a ship with an international crew.

F*cked by the Dildo Shop - Zoe Noe

A tale of the toil of work in a cooperative sex shop.
The Clapham Grand

Bar humbug: the new shape of work

Pete Wright describes his experience of one job in his career as a precarious bar worker...

My life as a security guard - Oppressors gain at expense of the oppressed

Mashumi ‘Lindela’ Figlan, a South African security guard, writes about his working life, the bosses and unions and conditions in the industry.
No-one has ever sincerely smiled this much while wearing a headset

A “zero-hours” contract… for thousands and thousands of hours

Jack Staunton writes on his work in a call centre compiling government market research surveys.

Puerto Rican cigar history

Description of some of the conditions Puerto Rican cigar makers worked under.
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