{"id":19114,"date":"2025-10-14T09:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=19114"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:27:45","slug":"the-indispensables-our-truly-essential-workers","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/publication\/the-indispensables-our-truly-essential-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indispensables: Our truly essential workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>They clean offices, deliver meals, fit car parts or stack supermarket shelves. People whose work requires no formal qualifications yet who lay the foundations of our societies. At the same time, these workers in unskilled jobs (whom we shall call foundation workers) are comprehensively ignored in key reform debates. Our study seeks to change this. It attempts to assess foundation work in comparison with skilled jobs and poses the question: <em>What are the working and living conditions of foundation workers, and how do they view their own work and society itself?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given a changing world of work uprooted by the ecological and digital transformation underway, our study also examines the democratic relevance of work. It asks: <em>How do insecure working conditions in foundation work but also on the entire labour market impact people\u2019s trust in democracy and openness towards transformational processes?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To answer these questions, we adopted a multimethod design for our research, made up of qualitative interviews, focus groups and an opinion poll. The results show: Foundation workers are disadvantaged in their place on the labour market. Compared with people in skilled professions, they have fewer formal resources for adapting to and navigating a transitioning world of work. At the same time, their interests are rarely taken up in the world of politics and society. Unsurprisingly, their trust in political actors and democratic institutions is low. 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class=\"person-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/johanna-siebert\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/250805_dpz_kopfe_johanna-siebert_c-kimi-palme-portraits-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><h4 class=\"person-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/johanna-siebert\/\">Johanna Siebert<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"person-position\">Senior Project Manager<\/div><div class=\"person-social\"><a class=\"person-email\" href=\"mailto:johanna.siebert@progressives-zentrum.org\"><svg class=\"icon icon-envelope-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/dpz\/assets\/images\/svg-icons2.svg#icon-envelope-o\"><\/use> <\/svg><\/a> <a 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Previously, she worked as an educator in the NGO sector as well as a freelance researcher for the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM).<\/div><\/div><!-- .person-item --><div class=\"person-publications-list\"><div class=\"publication-list-item\"><h6 class=\"publication-list-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/publication\/our-energy-transition-how-local-participation-can-shape-sustainability-transformations\/\">Our Energy Transition? \u2013 How local Participation can shape Sustainability Transformations<\/a><\/h6><div class=\"publication-list-excerpt\">Democratic negotiation processes in the course of the energy transition and transformation.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"publication-list-item\"><h6 class=\"publication-list-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/publication\/die-uebergangenen\/\">The Disregarded<\/a><\/h6><div class=\"publication-list-excerpt\">A study on the importance of regional perspectives for the great transformation<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- .person-publications --><div class=\"person-item person-view-author\"><div class=\"person-info-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/mara-buchstab\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Mara-Buchstab-neu-600x600.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><h4 class=\"person-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/mara-buchstab\/\">Mara Buchstab<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"person-position\">Project Manager<\/div><div class=\"person-social\"><a class=\"person-email\" href=\"mailto:mara.brandes@progressives-zentrum.org\"><svg class=\"icon icon-envelope-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/dpz\/assets\/images\/svg-icons2.svg#icon-envelope-o\"><\/use> <\/svg><\/a> <\/div><!-- .person-social --><\/div><!-- .person-info-wrapper --><div class=\"person-excerpt\">Mara supports the Green New Deal Team of das Progressive Zentrum as Project Manager. Previously, she studied political science, sociology, and French in Bonn and Toulouse and is currently pursuing a Master of Public Policy and Social Change at the University of T\u00fcbingen.<\/div><\/div><!-- .person-item -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"publication-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Cover_Basisarbeit_ENG.png\" class=\"attachment-dpz-publication-cover size-dpz-publication-cover\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size\" 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