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Low-wage service workers are facing new emotional hazards in the workplace during COVID-19

  • Written by Lola Loustaunau, Ph.D Candidate, University of Oregon
imageService workers are often tasked with enforcing company mask and social distancing policies. AP Photo/Nati Harnik

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