Category Archives: Employment

Acknowledgement

Our society should reproach ourselves for failing to acknowledge that some of the lowest paid, least appreciated people are among the most indispensable. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, a long list of jobs and the people who fill them were treated, … Continue reading

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The People Who Feed Us

I’m embarrassed that I have not attached more value and significance to a large group of people who, collectively, play a vitally important part in my life. I’ve come late to an expanding appreciation that the food I eat has … Continue reading

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Intransigence

There is something to be said for employment, whether as employer or employee.  Employment offers a place to be every day, a place where there is a purpose.  It might be to cook hamburger patties or to install windshields or to teach advanced … Continue reading

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