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Essential vs. Expendable Workers

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Title (Dublin Core)

Essential vs. Expendable Workers

Description (Dublin Core)

When the pandemic broke out, I was caught in the whirlwind of being an essential worker. I was a manager at my local McDonalds, so I've seen just how cruel people can be, and how corporations have continued to neglected their workers. Many people are minimum wage workers, and its frightening to know that such a large population is suffering so much, only to receive little appreciation and change. Through my personal story, I hope to have readers step in the shoes of a minimum wage worker than a pandemic, so when they step out, they'll raise awareness on the issue of lack of support and care for minimum wage workers.
Sophomore undergrad majoring in Political Science, minoring in Women's Studies
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Date (Dublin Core)

February 14, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Samantha SaintJour

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Samantha Saint Jour

Partner (Dublin Core)

Brooklyn College

Type (Dublin Core)

Text story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Food & Drink
English Consumer Culture (shopping, dining...)
English Social Class
English Home & Family Life

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

McDonald's
minimum wage
manager
customer service
mask
anti-mask
mother
father
breadwinner

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

minimum wage
COVID
Coronavirus
sexual harassment
work family
immigrant family
father-daughter
2020
McDonald's
Canarsie

Collection (Dublin Core)

English Foodways
English Survivor Stories
English Service Industry

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

02/25/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

2/25/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Brooklyn College

This item was submitted on February 25, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story With Us” on the site “Brooklyn College New York”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/brooklyncollege

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