This book, being about work, is, by its very nature, about violence — to the spirit as well as to the body. It is about ulcers as well as about accidents, about shouting matches as well as fistfights, about nervous breakdowns as well as kicking the dog around. It is, above all (or beneath all), about daily humiliations. To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us.
Studs Terkel, Working, 1972
I'm still working today. Some friends of mine are not. This is for those who punched out early yesterday - not by choice.
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