workday

At first, I wondered if I was simply noticing them more — a trick of confirmation bias, maybe, because I spend my workdays steeped in stories about hunger and the policies meant to address it.

We’ve all had that sensation at the end of a long workday where you might be just staring at the computer screen and, you know, nothing’s happening.

Isaias and the couple’s son, Carlos, had both come, despite starting their workday at 2 a.m.

All six workers we spoke to described the same punishing workdays – waking at 6am and being forced to build high-rise apartments until 2am the next morning, with just two days off a year.

A subplot in Season 2 sees one of George’s steel mills grind to a halt when its workers go on strike, demanding eight-hour workdays and better living conditions.