In 2016, the Working In America initiative launched to collect stories from workers across the country to tell us about the challenges and joys of what they do and how they do it.
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Afrodile Traine Music Student at Berklee College of Music 21 Years Old Boston, MA 02215
What is one thing about your work that most people don't know?
Being a musician is a 24/7 job. If you're not practicing or writing or playing, you're self-loathing. And then suddenly you're back practicing for the 25th hour of the day again. Being a musician is like being a doctor. It's learning another language in the noble hopes of healing your fellow brothers and sisters.
What makes you most proud of the work you do?
For so long, about the last 2 decades, the music industry has spewed one insult after another from their machine that creates inauthentic "artists." When people hear new tunes from music intellectuals and scholars like myself and my colleagues, they get excited about it again. They can relate to it again. Because it's music made with integrity. Nowadays, in these truly insane times we live in, that's what kind of art people are craving. Authentic, genuine art that preserves integrity.
In 2016, the Working In America initiative launched to collect stories from workers across the country to tell us about the challenges and joys of what they do and how they do it.
Join working people across our country who have shared their work experiences by submitting your story at https://working.org/working-stories/
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Gary Bryner Retired General Motors Worker & Union Member 74 YEARS OLD Ann Arbor, MI MY STORY
“There’s this wonderful reward, I would say, of trying to support the needs of workers and trying to facilitate making it better for them. Not only where they work, but how does it affect all workers; should be, not only in the factory, but workers everywhere. Because no matter what you do it’s worth something.”'
- See more at: https://working.org/exhibit/gary-bryner/
In 2016, the Working In America initiative launched to collect stories from workers across the country to tell us about the challenges and joys of what they do and how they do it.
Join working people across our country who have shared their work experiences by submitting your story at https://working.org/working-stories/
Below are examples of working stories shared by participants – can you relate? What is something about your job that people don't know?
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Gary Bryner Retired General Motors Worker & Union Member 74 YEARS OLD Ann Arbor, MI MY STORY
“There’s this wonderful reward, I would say, of trying to support the needs of workers and trying to facilitate making it better for them. Not only where they work, but how does it affect all workers; should be, not only in the factory, but workers everywhere. Because no matter what you do it’s worth something.”'
- See more at: https://working.org/exhibit/gary-bryner/
In 2016, the Working In America initiative launched to collect stories from workers across the country to tell us about the challenges and joys of what they do and how they do it.
Join working people across our country who have shared their work experiences by submitting your story at https://working.org/working-stories/
Below are examples of working stories shared by participants – can you relate? What is something about your job that people don't know?
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Gary Bryner Retired General Motors Worker & Union Member 74 YEARS OLD Ann Arbor, MI MY STORY
“There’s this wonderful reward, I would say, of trying to support the needs of workers and trying to facilitate making it better for them. Not only where they work, but how does it affect all workers; should be, not only in the factory, but workers everywhere. Because no matter what you do it’s worth something.”'
- See more at: https://working.org/exhibit/gary-bryner/
In 2016, the Working In America initiative launched to collect stories from workers across the country to tell us about the challenges and joys of what they do and how they do it.
Join working people across our country who have shared their work experiences by submitting your story at https://working.org/working-stories/
Below are examples of working stories shared by participants – can you relate? What is something about your job that people don't know?
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Rebecca KEYHOLDER/STYLIST AT AKIRA Chicago, IL MY STORY
What is one thing about your work that most people don't know?
What people don't really know about the work I do is that it really does take time and effort. People just think retail is to put out the clothes and do whatever. But it's more about the analytics, the demographics, psychographics, and our desire to style people to make themselves feel good.
What makes you most proud of the work you do?
Work to me is just a means to make money which helps us survive in society. Now vocation is something different, it's doing something you are meant to do and making sure you love what you do and seeing how that benefits others. Right now my job is just a step in my ladder to success.
In 2016, the Working In America initiative launched to collect stories from workers across the country to tell us about the challenges and joys of what they do and how they do it.
Join working people across our country who have shared their work experiences by submitting your story at https://working.org/working-stories/
Below are examples of working stories shared by participants – can you relate? What is something about your job that people don't know?
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Manuela Pulliam COOK AT PORTILLO'S 35 YEARS OLD Chicago, IL, 60607 MY STORY
What is one thing about your work that most people don't know ?
I am a cook at Portillo's and it is not an easy job, we consistently lift, cook, make, and bag food . Cooks also deal with different attitudes of co-workers and guest but have to be nice at all times even when they are irate, kill a person with kindness sort to speak....
What makes you most proud of the work you do? I make people feel better everyday, they leave with a smile on their face and that makes me happy.