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Next Shift with Gabriel Winant

The Dig

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Steel Work Schedules, You Know, Run 24 Hours a Day

CNN's John Sutter looks at the family life of a steel mill worker. The wife has to make dinner for her husband, write and then cook again when he gets home from work. She also has to keep him from waking up during the next day by doing laundry in the middle of the night. Family is not just an economic function; people live their lives based on human needs and desires that conflict with one another.

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