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April 1980's Issue
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Featured in issue 086
Cheaper than machines
Diana Roose looks at the working lives of women in Southeast Asia’s electronics industry.
- Diana Roose
- 1 Apr 1980
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The Most Basic Need
Wayne Ellwood reports on the global battle for well-paid work.
- Wayne Ellwood
- 1 Apr 1980
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Overworked and Underpaid
Glen Williams on the work of Indonesia’s rural poor.
- Glen Williams
- 1 Apr 1980
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'Bhaiya, awhee proper punish'
The struggle of Guyana’s sugar workers. By Mike Jones.
- Mike Jones
- 1 Apr 1980
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America's Working Poor
Richard Kaziz surveys some encouraging and innovative attempts to organize low-paid and unemployed workers in the U.S.
- Richard Kaziz
- 1 Apr 1980
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Scrambling for a foothold
What trade unions offer. Joe Holland looks at the Philippines and Richard Kaziz at attempts to organize America’s working poor.
- Joe Holland
- 1 Apr 1980
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Barefoot Businessmen
Peter Harrison investigates how the poor make ends meet and Peter Stalker talks to one squatter family in India.
- Peter Harrison
- 1 Apr 1980
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