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On Baseball and Critiquing Things You Love
Katherine Walden is an assistant teaching professor of American studies at Notre Dame and an affiliated faculty member of the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center. Her research...
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Labor Trafficking: It’s In Your Backyard (The Business Model of Labor Trafficking)
What do you know about human trafficking? What do you need to know? What can we do to end this evil? The Center for Social Concerns presents a 3 part series that explores the...
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Know Your Rights
Leonel Lopez is the Outreach Coordinator with the Worker Rights and Protections Project of Indiana Legal Services. Indiana Legal Services, Inc. (ILS) is a nonprofit law firm that...
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A Thankless but Necessary Job
Brenda Buck, a custodian for Indiana University South Bend and Vice President of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME) joins us on the...
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Please Wear Your Mask
To protect the anonymity of our guest we have refrained from using his name or identifying his place of employment. Our guest joins us to share what it’s like working at a local...
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Don’t Forget to Buy Stamps
Shawn, a city letter carrier in South Bend, Indiana, shares why he chose his profession and offers insight into what a day in the life of a city letter carrier looks like. He...
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The Workers’ Forum: Conversations on Workers’ Rights, Resources & Roles During the Pandemic
The Higgins Labor Program at the Center for Social Concerns presents the first event of the Workers’ Forum, a series of discussions on workers’ rights, resources, and roles...
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Introducing Speaking of Dignity
The coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated the longstanding challenges confronting working people in the twenty-first century American economy. Though we commonly hear that...
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Questions of Work in Light of COVID-19
How has the pandemic impacted workers around the country? Who is most responsible for a healthy economy? What does a robust version of the common good look like? And what does a...
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