MYW Unscripted Episode 12 – Essential Services
Description
Essential services ensure that our continues to run, but things are a bit different during a pandemic. In this episode, we talk about some of the occupations that have graduated to essential and discuss how their new “value” has yet to reach employees.
Timestamps:
1:10 : What is an essential service?
2:56 : The shift in importance of custodial work and other occupations
8:00 : Will the perceived value of certain occupations shift?
10:20 : Job evaluation
17:45 : Are certain essential services now “non-essential”?
22:50 : Final thoughts
Mentioned This Episode:
NYT article on custodial services
Episode of 99pi on Social Infrastructure
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Credits:
Our intro and outro music for Unscripted is “Pamgaea” by Kevin McLeod, licensed under licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. You can find more of Kevin’s music at incompetech.com.
Logo Artwork by Antonella Espinoza. Find her at @ellaspin on Twitter!
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