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Transit workers globally face similar stress risks, fostering solidarity. However, associating stress with "hard work" can obscure harms for those perceived as lazy, hindering recognition of their work-related stress.

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  • Sociology of Work
  • Anthropology of Health

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  • Urban transit workers are often cited as experiencing higher rates of stress-related diseases.
  • The concept of 'stress' has been utilized to identify health risks in occupational settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how scientists and labor organizers framed transit worker stress as a global issue.
  • To analyze the use of the stress concept in identifying pathogenic environments and its potential for depoliticization.
  • To investigate how the 'stress' concept aids transnational labor organizing while potentially obscuring harms for certain worker groups.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of scientific literature and labor organizing discourse.
  • Examination of case studies, including San Francisco's transit workers.
  • Anthropological critique of the 'stress' concept's application.

Main Results:

  • A network of scientists and labor organizers constructed transit worker stress as a universal problem, facilitating global worker solidarity.
  • The 'stress' concept was employed to define at-risk populations for transnational labor efforts.
  • In San Francisco, the association of stress with 'hard work' potentially masked stress-related harms for transit workers stereotyped as lazy.

Conclusions:

  • The framing of transit worker stress as a global phenomenon serves transnational labor organizing goals.
  • The scientific and lay discourse linking stress to 'hard work' may inadvertently protect some workers from recognizing and addressing stress-related health issues.
  • Further research is needed to understand how to recognize and address stress-related harms across diverse transit worker populations.