Rhina P. Espaillat captures the ambivalent nature of work in the poem posted for Labor Day. It can be ennobling but too much emphasis on it can rob us of our humanity.
Tag Archives: Labor
History from the Workers’ Perspective
Bertolt Brecht captures the spirit of May Day in “A Worker Reads History.”
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Dignity and Labor
Vachel Lindsay points out that, when workers are robbed of their dignity, vandalism can follow.
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