The Square Deal

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

100 years ago, George F. Johnson ran the biggest shoe factory in the world. The Endicott-Johnson Corporation in upstate New York produced 52 million pairs of shoes a year. But Johnson wasn’t only known for his shoes. He had a unusual idea of how workers should be treated. Some people called it “Welfare Capitalism.” Johnson called it “The Square Deal.”

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0:00.0	Last day is a show about the moments that change us.
0:03.0	I just don't think I will ever get used to this.
0:06.0	I'm Stephanie Little's Wax, and I have had one of these moments.
0:10.0	We all have.
0:11.0	So let's unpack the chaos that is our human existence together.
0:14.0	I don't believe things happen for a reason.
0:16.0	I don't believe the universe has a plan.
0:18.0	Each week, I sit down with a new guest
0:20.0	to explore happy, sad stories of transformation.
0:23.0	It's leaning far, far into the pain.
0:26.0	That's what it is.
0:27.0	Listen to last day wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	Radio Topia.
0:34.0	From PRX.
0:36.0	From PRX's Radio Topia, this is Radio Diaries.
0:39.0	I'm Joe Richmond.
0:41.0	Since the pandemic, a lot of people have been looking at work differently.
0:45.0	Not just where they work or what they do, but how they're treated.
0:49.0	In September, the World Health Organization released a report
0:52.0	the first of its kind for the organization.
0:55.0	Calling on employers to promote mental health in the workplace.
0:59.0	They looked at how factors like poor pay,
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