Life Stages: Work

Civics 101

NHPR

History, Government, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The modern day workplace is the product of a centuries-long battle for fair wages, reasonable hours and safe conditions. Today's episode tells the story of the labor in the United States -- from slavery and indentured servitude to the Equal Pay Act and the weekend. What did Americans workers have to go through to make their voices heard, and how did they change labor in America? Our guests include Priscilla Murolo, Philip Yale Nicholson and Camille Hebert. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Civics 101 is supported in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
0:04.5	Nick, can you believe that we're at work right now?
0:07.2	Yes.
0:08.0	It is where we work.
0:09.4	But I mean, our job is to learn stuff and then tell other people what we've learned.
0:15.2	Yeah, I see what you're getting at.
0:16.6	We got a bit of a dream job here.
0:18.2	We got a bit of a dream job.
0:19.4	Also, the hours are reasonable.
0:21.0	True.
0:21.8	We aren't locked into the building.
0:23.6	Also true.
0:24.8	The air is breathable.
0:26.8	Yeah.
0:27.7	Nobody physically threatens us.
0:29.6	Hold on, not that I'm not grateful in all, but can I just say, of course, we're not low
0:35.4	or mill girls in 1900 or public radio hosts in 2019.
0:40.3	That's a good point.
0:41.3	But you know, we didn't get here by accident.
0:43.9	People had to ask for better conditions, demand better conditions.
0:48.6	Our jobs look the way they do because of hundreds of years of protests, strikes, rallies,
0:54.6	negotiations, and legislation.
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