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| Goods Producing | |
 | ©1993 Chris Takagi sweatshop workers make shorts that are sold in department stores - El Paso, TX |
 | ©Donna Binder Labor Violations Task Force in Queens Sweatshop find 16 year old working illegally. |
 | ©Catherine Smith Willamsburg - Brooklyn - Suit Factory |
 | ©1992 Jeff Perkell Waterford Crystal Cutter |
 | ©1987 Kathleen Foster Bethlehem Stell, PA |
 | ©Harvey Finkle Steamfitter |
 | ©Impact Visuals Shell Chemical - synthetic rubber adhesives - Belbre, OH |
 | ©1974 Paul Dix "roughneck" on drilling rig drilling for natural gas near Ozark, Arkansas |
 | ©1974 Paul Dix Petro Chemical Plant - Mississippi River, LA |
 | ©1989 Catherine D. Smith Willamsburg - Brooklyn non-union knit-wear factory |
 | ©1995 Jack Kurtz worker at FED Corp plant - East Fishkill, NY |
 | ©1992 Rick Reinhard boilermaker, construction site, Seabrook, MD |
 | ©1991 Jack Kurtz Velma Crawford, migrant worker from Florida, packs sweet corn. |
 | ©1993 Marty Heitner North Carolina factory - roll-on deodorant |
 | Workers Assembling Sneakers Bekasi (Jakarta area), Indonesia; February, 1998 © Robin Romano Over 8,000 women labor at this factory in Bekasi just outside Jakarta for less than $1.50 a day. |
 | Brewery Work Pittsburgh, Penna.; March 29, 1996 © Rick Reinhard Iron City brewery worker readies bottles for labeling after being filled and capped. |
 | Worker at a Domino’s Pizza store Detroit, Michigan; November 19, 1997 © Jim West Many of the company’s workers make about $6.00 an hour, even after a dozen or more years on the job. |
 | Migrant Farm Labor Picking Tomatoes Immokalee, Florida; May, 1991 © Jeffry D. Scott For $32 a day, migrant workers pick tomatoes in a field near Immokalee, Fla. Workers typically hoist 60 to 80 of the 30-pound buckets in an eight-hour day. Immokalee is a temporary home to numerous Mexican, Haitian, and Guatemalan migrants. |
 | Inspection Williamstown, West Virginia © Jim West A worker inspects glass products at the Fenton Art Glass Co. |
 | John Socoski, underground coal miner at the end of the shift Clearfield County, Penna.; 1977 © Earl Dotter |
 | United Mine Worker Women After the Shift Vansant, Virginia; 1974 © Earl Dotter These women were among the first female coal miners in the USA. Legal barriers to their entry into the coal mines were removed after years of litigation and opposition by male coal miners. |
 | Stamping Press Detroit, Michigan © Jim West A worker pushes buttons to operate a stamping press at Superb Manufacturing, Detroit. The placement of the buttons is intended to keep his hands from being amputated as the press operates. |
 | Auto Worker Detroit, Michigan © Jim West |
 | Carpenter Lansing, Michigan © Jim West Carpenter works on building a minor league baseball stadium |
 | ©Paul Dix Custom making a pro bat in Louisville, KY |
| Services |  |
 | ©Carolina Kroon fixing Xerox machine - stress & frustration in the modern office |
 | ©1989 Jim West Telephone Strike - Detroit - 1989 |
 | ©1992 Jeff Perkell Chemical shipping |
 | ©1990 Robert Fox machinists - Coney Island subway repair yard |
 | ©1993 Jim West emergency services operator - Detroit |
 | ©1989 Leah Melnick Amherst, MA. Jamaican migrant workers board bus to Florida after a season up North. |
 | ©1999 Jim West crowd cheers inauguration of James P. Hoffa as Teamster President, Washington. May 99 |
 | ©Ansell Horn St. Vincent Hospital, NYC - nurse with patient who is recovering from heart surgery |
 | ©1989 Les Stone CWA workers on strike at NYNEX, NYC 8/89 |
 | Michigan Bell worker 1990 © Jim West Technician makes repairs on main frame. Michigan Bell |
 | ©1986 Marvin Collins clean room - Silicon Valley |
 | ©1993 Christopher Smith graphic designer contemplating her computer |
 | ©1996 Slobodan Dimitrov Harbor FWY double deck construction. first of its kind in LA, CA |
 | ©1996 Slobodan Dimitrov Harbor FWY double deck construction. first of its kind in LA, CA |
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Fighting
Cuts in Health Benefits Baltimore, Maryland; November 18, 1995 © Bill Burke Scene from a Communications Workers rally against cuts in health care benefits by Bell Atlantic. |
 | Air Traffic Controller Detroit Metropolitan Airport – Romulus, Michigan; June 25, 1999 © Jim West Air traffic controller on duty in the air traffic control tower at Detroit Metro Airport. |
 | Nurse Detroit, Michigan; 1997 © Jim West A hospice nurse who works with AIDS patients holds the anti-HIV drugs she must take due to an accidental needle stick at work. |
 | Airline Ramp Service Worker Detroit Metropolitan Airport © Jim West Member of International Association of Machinists |
 | Airline Ticket Agent Detroit, Michigan © Jim West |
 | Banquet Waitress Detroit, Michigan; 1997 © Jim West Banquet waitress prepares for a luncheon at the University of Detroit/Marygrove |
 | Justice for Janitors Detroit, Michigan © Jim West Service Employees International Union (SEIU) janitors picket Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit |
| Unseen America | |
 | photo by Workplace Project participant in Unseen America, Long Island, New York, 2001 |
 | photo by Workplace Project participant in Unseen America, Long Island, New York, 2001 |