Introduced anti-discrimination laws that improved job access for women and minorities. Delivered immeasurable technological innovations that made work and home lives more productive and easy. Leisure hours nearly doubled for the typical worker from the beginning of the century to the end. Filled a cornucopia of benefits options. This is hardly an exhaustive list of the century's work-related pros or cons, but there's no question the lot of the U.S. worker is much improved.
Work is easier now.
Diane Stafford's workplace column appears on Thursdays.