black-brown divide n.— «Simmering beneath the surface of activism for job creation and workers’ rights is a tension not unique to New Orleans, what labor activists refer to as the “black-brown divide.” In this case, black New Orleanians...
push present n.— «“Your push present. You know, the present you get for having to go through labor?” Now she tells me that you get a present for going through labor, ten minutes after I schedule a C-section.…“What did you...
crowdsourcing n.— «Technological advances in everything from product design software to digital video cameras are breaking down the cost barriers that once separated amateurs from professionals. Hobbyists, part-timers, and dabblers...
demoflush n.— «And as for the “demoflush” figures for summer’s traditional last weekend, they weren’t available today: Like workers across the county, the man who computes the numbers and employes of the sanitation commission...
double-breasted n.— «Possibly it encourages contractors to operate in both unionized and non-unionized segments of the industry, i.e., to be “double-breasted.”» —“The Composition of Strike Activity in the Construction...
steady ticket n.— «I worked day labor for quite some time before I realized how “tied” you end up being to that dead-end…I mean, you get paid every day, but if you wanna keep getting paid, you gotta come back every day...