Labor – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:25:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Labor – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Replaceable Lives: Labor, Exploitation, and Human Cost in America’s Gilded Age https://brewminate.com/replaceable-lives-labor-exploitation-and-human-cost-in-americas-gilded-age/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:25:22 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=267372 The abuses suffered by the working class during America’s Gilded Age were the logical outcome of an economic

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]]> Casual Labor, Independent Crafts, and Ecclesiastical Hustles: The Medieval European Gig Economy https://brewminate.com/casual-labor-independent-crafts-and-ecclesiastical-hustles-the-medieval-european-gig-economy/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:14:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265298 The medieval economy, often portrayed as rigid and hierarchical, in fact operated through a mosaic of temporary, negotiated,

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]]> The Vanishing Middle Class: When a Republic Devours Its Balance https://brewminate.com/the-vanishing-middle-class-when-a-republic-devours-its-balance/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:13:10 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265315 The middle class is not a luxury of prosperity; it is the architecture of democracy. When that structure

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]]> When Safety Systems Fail: What Workers Should Know About Plant & Refinery Explosions https://brewminate.com/when-safety-systems-fail-what-workers-should-know-about-plant-refinery-explosions/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:20:26 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265184 Alarms that didn’t sound. Valves that stuck. Temperature gauges nobody checked. Safety systems exist to prevent tragedy. When

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]]> Liberty’s Working Hands: Labor, Class, and the Struggle for Freedom in American History https://brewminate.com/libertys-working-hands-labor-class-and-the-struggle-for-freedom-in-american-history/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:25:38 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=264936 Freedom, in the American sense, was never bestowed from above. The hands that build its cities, till its

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]]> Democracy and Inequality Unite in a No Kings Protest Wave Supported by Labor https://brewminate.com/democracy-and-inequality-unite-in-a-no-kings-protest-wave-supported-by-labor/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:25:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=264938 If October 18 proved anything, it is that the fight for democracy isn’t only fought in elections or

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]]> The Working Class in Ancient Rome: Labor, Life, and Struggle https://brewminate.com/the-working-class-in-ancient-rome-labor-life-and-struggle/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:04:10 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=264214 The working class of ancient Rome remains, in many respects, a hidden majority. Their lives rarely occupy the

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]]> The Invisible Engine: The Working Class Keeps the World Running while Elites Reap the Rewards https://brewminate.com/the-invisible-engine-the-working-class-keeps-the-world-running-while-elites-reap-the-rewards/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:03:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=264223 The story of the working class is the story of the majority. It is the story of those

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]]> Echoes in Empty Halls: Ancient Lessons on the Loss of Labor https://brewminate.com/echoes-in-empty-halls-ancient-lessons-on-the-loss-of-labor/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:16:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=262428 To look backward is to be reminded that manufacturing decline is not only about numbers or jobs; is

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]]> The Vanishing Workshop: U.S. Manufacturing Jobs under Trump’s Renewed Decline https://brewminate.com/the-vanishing-workshop-u-s-manufacturing-jobs-under-trumps-renewed-decline/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:16:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=262409 Factories that once symbolized resilience and prosperity are shedding workers at a pace unseen since the last major

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