It's my time
A little over a year ago I did a survey at the job fair of a major tech conference. At each booth I asked whether they were hiring people part time. The response was almost entirely *no way, nuh-uh, never*.
#workers' rights
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A privilege I wish I didn't need
Read more → More from Shauna's Blog →My aunt died this week. She was a private woman who tried to keep her internet presence to a minimum, so I won't memorialize her here, except to say that she was an incredibly gracious, giving person and a loving aunt.
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Worked to Death
Read more → More from Shauna's Blog →This post lists common ways that people used to die from their jobs. They're mostly due to inhaling toxic chemicals. One of them, Soot Wart, is a type of cancer that was commonly found among chimney sweeps. The discovery of this link between job and disease, in the late 18th century, was pretty vital in our early understanding of cancer.
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Commute
Read more → More from Shauna's Blog →I took the overnight train last night from DC, where I was visiting my family, back to Boston.