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# Work Isn't Working
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/crosscut-festival/episode/work-isnt-working-3kvizw/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:51:58.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T12:15:13.000Z
- Description: The great resignation signaled that workers have reached the end of their patience.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Crosscut Festival, Season 2, Episode 18, #ZZZ_Episode_6ed89da2-bcb6-4547-82e9-6977e487d119, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_b6699ade-a36f-4797-a26c-a624cf4599ef, #v1.16

The great resignation signaled to many that workers have reached the end of their patience. They are disproportionately low-income workers, immigrants, women and people of color. We've called their work essential, and they carry the burden of inequality for the more privileged among us.