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We are working-class heroes. We wake up to our blaring alarms, barking dogs, calling children. We dress in clothing that makes us look similar to other people: coveralls, aprons, suits, uniforms to make us appear uniform. We quickly search the newsprint of our morning papers for a little meaning. We sit in long lines on freeways, passing the time of our lives, breathing in exhaust fumes, and listening to deceptively alert voices pour out of our radios. We arrive at work with our public faces and take our positions in our public places, poised to get ahead or at least to save our faces, barely keeping up with the Joneses.
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I further specify these requirements in Chapter 9. See U.S. Congress (1988), 41 U.S.C., Sec. 701 et seq., “Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988,” which became effective March 18, 1989; and National Institute on Drug Abuse (1990), “A New Horizon: Drug Free Workplace Goals Can Help Eliminate the Problem of Drugs,” Employee Assistance, Vol. 2, No. 8, March, pp. 16, 23; see also Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (1989), ADP Research and Activity Memorandum, Vol. 8, No. 5, December. Sacramento, CA: State of California, Health and Welfare Agency, p. 3.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (1990), ibid., pp. 16, 23.
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Browne, A. (1991). Working-Class Heroes. In: Working Dazed. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5962-1_1
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