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There’s No Such Thing As Unskilled Labor
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From the first Piggly Wiggly to automated self-checkout machines, the supermarket is a microcosm of modern food systems, convenience, and labor. On today’s pledge drive edition of A Public Affair, host Bert Zipperer speaks with Ann Larson about her book that will be published next week, Cleanup on Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register.
Featured image of the cover of Cleanup on Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register.