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This week’s video is another case study, and it’s a really interesting one, one that most of us would probably never think to investigate. New York City’s Central Park relies on an army of workers to keep it safe, clean, and inviting…but where do those workers come from? The answer probably isn’t what you think. Hope you enjoy!
Who Cleans Central Park? – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:
Who Cleans the Parks
https://books.google.com/books?id=uvcmDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover
https://journals.openedition.org/metropoles/6880
Maud Simonet and John Krinsky Interviews (in French)
https://youtu.be/8I6TLhmpooQ
https://youtu.be/FZcrLLnNE9A
Invisible labor
https://mashable.com/article/what-is-invisible-labor
Workfare doesn’t work
https://www.vox.com/2016/6/20/11789988/clintons-welfare-reform
Workfare and other means of coercing free labor
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/06/erin-hatton-coerced-interview
Privatization
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/11/democracy-privatization-of-everything-cohen-mikaelian-excerpt
https://youtu.be/1hYR2o1–8s
English Water
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/a-water-industry-that-works-for-everyone https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/05/water-companies-pay-national-scandal-gmb-union-says https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/31/eight-of-18-water-firms-fail-to-meet-targets-on-tackling-leaks
1970s New York Fiscal Crisis
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/legacy-1970s-fiscal-crisis/
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