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"They keep the shop running": caregivers, package deliverers, or workers in the country's large meat factories. For their efforts during the Corona pandemic, they were applauded from the balconies of the republic. However, their everyday lives are often marked by precarious employment conditions, poor working environments, pressure, stress, and discrimination.

The authors of this volume have spoken with employees in sectors that are vital to our lives, such as health, nutrition, and logistics. The result is compelling portraits that reveal what often remains in the shadows of modern class society: How do these "everyday heroes" experience their situation? What problems weigh most heavily on them? And where are the opportunities for change? The outcome is both a necessary recognition of these often-overlooked contributors and an essential contribution to understanding today's working world.