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FEATURE SERIES | The Not-so-new Normal - Ep. 2: Bread and Roses


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Over the past year, we’ve seen more than ever that many of the jobs most essential to keeping our society running are also paid the least. In this episode of The Not-so-new Normal, Boston University Masters Journalism Student Katharine Swindells speaks to Ellen Ruppel Shell, journalist and professor at Boston University, and Dr. Bob Forrant, professor of Labor History at University of Massachusetts Lowell, @UMassLowell about the Bread and Roses strike of 1912, the minimum wage, and how we really value work.

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