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The hidden global workforce that is still fighting for an eight-hour workday

"As we tap endlessly on those friendly icons to “like” social media content, summon deliveries from favorite restaurants and call rides to the airport, we’re overlooking a global workforce," writes BKC Fellow Mary L. Gray. "Millions of workers are doing on-demand work to keep the Internet running smoothly, and they are now fighting for similar rights that full-time employees won decades ago...

"That truth suggests workers are losing the hard-won achievement to contain the workday."

Read more in the Washington Post...

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