Download or read book Picking Up written by Robin Nagle and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “gripping” behind-the-scenes look at New York’s sanitation workers by an anthropologist who joined the force (Robert Sullivan, author of Rats). America’s largest city generates garbage in torrents—11,000 tons from households each day on average. But New Yorkers don’t give it much attention. They leave their trash on the curb or drop it in a litter basket, and promptly forget about it. And why not? On a schedule so regular you could almost set your watch by it, someone always comes to take it away. But who, exactly, is that someone? And why is he—or she—so unknown? In Picking Up, the anthropologist Robin Nagle introduces us to the men and women of New York City’s Department of Sanitation and makes clear why this small army of uniformed workers is the most important labor force on the streets. Seeking to understand every aspect of the Department’s mission, Nagle accompanied crews on their routes, questioned supervisors and commissioners, and listened to story after story about blizzards, hazardous wastes, and the insults of everyday New Yorkers. But the more time she spent with the DSNY, the more Nagle realized that observing wasn’t quite enough—so she joined the force herself. Driving the hulking trucks, she obtained an insider’s perspective on the complex kinships, arcane rules, and obscure lingo unique to the realm of sanitation workers. Nagle chronicles New York City’s four-hundred-year struggle with trash, and traces the city’s waste-management efforts from a time when filth overwhelmed the streets to the far more rigorous practices of today, when the Big Apple is as clean as it’s ever been. “An intimate look at the mostly male work force as they risk injury and endure insult while doing the city’s dirty work [and] a fascinating capsule history of the department.” —Publishers Weekly “[Nagle’s] passion for the subject really comes to life.” —The New York Times “Evokes the physical and psychological toll of this dangerous, filthy, necessary work.” —Nature “Nagle joins the likes of Jane Jacobs and Jacob Riis, writers with the chutzpah to dig deep into the Rube Goldberg machine we call the Big Apple and emerge with a lyrical, clear-eyed look at how it works.” — Mother Jones

Download or read book Sanitation Workers written by Anne Forest and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanitation workers aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty in order to keep their communities clean. Readers discover the hard work that goes into a career as a sanitation worker through informative text and fun fact boxes. A graphic organizer is also included to provide additional facts about sanitation workers and the important tasks they perform. Full-color photographs allow readers to see what a workday is like for a sanitation worker. How can recycling prepare you for a career as a sanitation worker? Readers will be eager to find out!

Download or read book Memphis Martin and the Mountaintop written by Alice Faye Duncan and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book • School Library Journal Best Book of the Year • Booklist Editors' Choice • Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book • Booklist Top 10 Diverse Books for Middle Grade or Older Readers • Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books This award-winning book will help kids understand the life and legacy of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ★"(A) history that everyone should know: required and inspired." —Kirkus Reviews This picture book tells the story of a nine-year-old girl who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination - when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest. In February 1968, two African American sanitation workers were killed by unsafe equipment in Memphis, Tennessee. Outraged at the city's refusal to recognize a labor union that would fight for higher pay and safer working conditions, sanitation workers went on strike. The strike lasted two months, during which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was called to help with the protests. While his presence was greatly inspiring to the community, this unfortunately would be his last stand for justice. He was assassinated in his Memphis hotel the day after delivering his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" sermon in Mason Temple Church. Inspired by the memories of a teacher who participated in the strike as a child, author Alice Faye Duncan reveals the story of the Memphis sanitation strike from the perspective of a young girl with a riveting combination of poetry and prose.

Download or read book New York City Sanitation Worker Exam Review written by Lewis Morris and published by Network4Learning, inc.. This book was released on with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a Sanitation Worker for The City of New York poses many challenges and offers great rewards. The DSNY has no age limitation for qualified candidates. The number of candidates taking the exam has increased dramatically in recent years, reflecting the desirability of the profession. In order to succeed against this increased competition, the candidate must be prepared to tackle the unique question types found on the exam. This book contains the most up to date and accurate information to help you prepare for the 2020 NYC Sanitation Worker Exam. Written using lessons learned from the last exam, this manual squarely prepares the reader for the question types found on the upcoming exam.

Download or read book Meet a Sanitation Worker In Our Neighborhood written by Jodie Shepherd and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Emma and Theo on their adventures as they meet community helpers in their neighborhood! Theo and Emma are doing a class project about sanitation workers—and now they are headed to the recycling center to learn more. Come along as they get a firsthand look at a sanitation worker’s job. Join in the excitement as these fun-loving friends continue to meet a variety of new community helpers and learn the ins-and-outs of their very important jobs. Each story is told from the point of view of either Emma or Theo in an engaging narrative that combines fiction and nonfiction text. Beautiful illustrations and real-life photos contribute to the fun. Add in a detailed map, a Q&A with a community helper, as well as tips and tools, and you've got a series of books that kids won't want to put down!

Download or read book My Uncle Is a Sanitation Worker written by Charmaine Robertson and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This non-fiction title supports and explains a child's world, reinforcing positive social messages around being a contributing family member, a good student, and a good citizen. When paired with its fiction title counterpart, it allows emerging readers to engage with both fiction and informational texts on the same subject matter, thus gaining different perspectives, new vocabulary, and new approaches to the same content.

Download or read book Sanitation Worker Exam New York City written by Angelo Tropea and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Book to help you prepare for the NYC Sanitation Worker exam! Seven reasons why you should study with this book: 1. This book was prepared by Angelo Tropea, bestselling author of exam preparation books. He has more than 30 years experience in preparing candidates for exams. 2. The book covers in detail the following 7 types of questions and excludes material not relevant to this specific test, such as general test-taking discussions about civil service and long discussions about benefits which do not help you attain a higher score. Written Comprehension Written Expression Problem Sensitivity Deductive Reasoning Spatial Orientation Visualization Arithmetic Ability 3. The book contains valuable explanations and hints for each type of question, all based on experience and live classes conducted in prior years. 4. Carefully crafted exercises (with explanatory answers) are provided for practice and to increase proficiency and confidence. 5. Two comprehensive practice exams are provided, with the answers explained. 6. The large format of this book (8.5 X 11 inches) maximizes the clarity of informational tables, street maps, and other images. 7. The price of this book is a small amount to invest for such a large return! Study with this valuable book - and prepare for success!

Download or read book Health Safety and Well Being of Workers in the Informal Sector in India written by Sigamani Panneer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the core problems of occupational health, safety and well-being of workers in the informal sector in developing countries, where it accounts for most of the rural labour force and a substantial percentage of the urban labour force. The sector is characterised by low incomes, unstable employment and lack of protection in the form of legislation/policies or trade unions. Though some health and problem-solving measures have been introduced, a focused academic effort to address the problems confronting workers in the unorganised sector, or informal economy, is lacking. The book evaluates workers’ physical and mental health in the context of labour migration, social inclusion of minorities and the differently abled, provisions for women workers, demonetisation, occupational safety for hazardous work, and in connection with various areas of informal work, e.g. agriculture, construction, transportation, sanitation, tanning, the tobacco industry, powerloom industry, surrogacy, and self-employment. It provides a well-rounded description of an analytical reflection on the challenges these workers face and focuses on social policy changes to help alleviate them. Accordingly, it offers a valuable asset for researchers and students interested in development studies, the sociology of work, health and labour economics, public health, and social work.

Download or read book Sanitation Worker written by Hy Hammer and published by ARCO. This book was released on 1983 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with on-target guidance and confidence-building practice, this practical guide has helped thousands of applicants qualify for secure, high-paying sanitation jobs. Now totally revised to match the latest test formats, it features five full-length sample written exams with explanations, physical exam information, and more.

Download or read book Sanitation Workers Then and Now written by Lisa Zamosky and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2006-01-05 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our communities would be a very dirty place without the help from sanitation workers. This fascinating nonfiction book allows readers to appreciate the hard work that goes into waste management and allows for opportunities to compare and contrast sanitation from the past with the present. Helpful text, colorful images, and intriguing facts aid in teaching readers about garbage dumps, landfills, trash compactors, and recycling.

Download or read book Fashion Climbing written by Bill Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in a lace-curtain Irish suburb of Boston, secretly trying on his sister's dresses and spending his evenings after school in the city's chicest boutiques, Cunningham dreamed of a life dedicated to fashion. When he arrived in New York in 1948, he reveled in people-watching. He became a photographer for The New York Times, and after two style mavens took Cunningham under their wing he made a name for himself as a designer. Taking on the alias William J.-- because designing under his family's name would have been a disgrace to his parents--he became one of the era's most outlandish and celebrated hat designers, catering to movie stars, heiresses, and artists alike. Written with his infectious joy and one-of-a-kind voice, this memoir was polished, neatly typewritten, and safely stored away until after his death in 2016 -- adapted from jacket.

Download or read book Sanitation Workers written by Janet Piehl and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes a sanitation worker's typical day of refuse collection and disposal, and provides a brief history of how the profession has changed since ancient Roman times.

Download or read book Going Down Jericho Road The Memphis Strike Martin Luther King s Last Campaign written by Michael K. Honey and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of the epic struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.'s last crusade. Memphis in 1968 was ruled by a paternalistic "plantation mentality" embodied in its good-old-boy mayor, Henry Loeb. Wretched conditions, abusive white supervisors, poor education, and low wages locked most black workers into poverty. Then two sanitation workers were chewed up like garbage in the back of a faulty truck, igniting a public employee strike that brought to a boil long-simmering issues of racial injustice. With novelistic drama and rich scholarly detail, Michael Honey brings to life the magnetic characters who clashed on the Memphis battlefield: stalwart black workers; fiery black ministers; volatile, young, black-power advocates; idealistic organizers and tough-talking unionists; the first black members of the Memphis city council; the white upper crust who sought to prevent change or conflagration; and, finally, the magisterial Martin Luther King Jr., undertaking a Poor People's Campaign at the crossroads of his life, vilified as a subversive, hounded by the FBI, and seeing in the working poor of Memphis his hopes for a better America.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of U S Labor and Working class History written by Eric Arnesen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Download or read book The Rise of the Information Technology Society in India written by Suddhabrata Deb Roy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Meaningful Work written by Andrea Veltman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the importance of work in human well-being, addressing several related philosophical questions about work and arguing on the whole that meaningful work is central in human flourishing. Work impacts flourishing not only in developing and exercising human capabilities but also in instilling and reflecting virtues such as honor, pride, dignity, self-discipline and self-respect. Work also attaches to a sense of purposefulness and personal identity, and meaningful work can promote both personal autonomy and a sense of personal satisfaction that issues from making oneself useful. Further still, work bears a formative influence on character and intelligence and provides a primary avenue for exercising complex skills and garnering esteem and recognition from others. The author defends a pluralistic account of meaningful work, arguing that work can be meaningful in virtue of developing capabilities, supporting virtues, providing a purpose, or integrating elements of a worker's life. In light of the impact of meaningful work on living well, the author argues that well-ordered societies provide opportunities for meaningful work, that individuals would be well advised to pursue these opportunities, and that the philosophical view of value pluralism, which casts work as having no special significance in an individual's life, is false. The book also addresses oppressive work that undermines human flourishing, examining potential solutions to mitigate the impact of bad work on those who perform it. Finally, a guiding argument of the book is that promoting meaningful work is a matter of ethics, more so than a matter of politics. Prioritizing people over profit, treating workers with respect, respecting the intelligence of working people, and creating opportunities for people to contribute developed skills are basic ethical principles for employing organizations and for communities at large.

Download or read book Poverty and Prejudice written by Mariz Tadros and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Freedom of religion and belief is crucial to any sustainable development process, yet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pay little attention to religious inequalities. This book offers a comprehensive overview of how efforts to achieve SDGs can be enhanced by paying greater attention to freedom of religion and belief. In particular, it illustrates how poverty is often a direct result of religious prejudice and how religious identity can shape a person’s job prospects, their children’s education and the quality of public services they receive. Drawing on evidence from Asia, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, the book foregrounds the lived experiences of marginalized communities as well as researchers and non-state actors.