Work is a huge part of our lives, from the jobs we do to the skills we develop and the careers we try to build.

And just as significantly, the jobs that our grandparents had play a huge role in our family history, setting us on a path to who we’ve each become. While the world of work has changed dramatically from one generation to the next, what hasn’t changed is why we work – to earn a decent living, to take care of our loved ones, and to retire with dignity. As we celebrate Labor Day (September 1) and Grandparents Day (September 7) in the same week, we want to take a look back at the jobs and hard work of our grandparents.

Will you join us and pay tribute to the work lives of your loved ones? Share a defining memory about your grandmother or grandfather at work.

How to Get Involved

• Share your family’s story or photo directly on this site! 
• Use #TheWayTheyWorked hashtag and share your story on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram instead.
• Tell your friends about the site and ask them to share their grandparents’ stories too!
• Check out the great stories already on the site!

Press Inquiries

For press inquiries, please contact Ori Korin: ori (at) jwj.org 202-393-1044 x126

Privacy Notice for The Way They Worked

Jobs With Justice Education Fund is dedicated to protecting your online privacy. This privacy policy is intended to inform you of our practices regarding your personal information and your online rights with JWJ.

How We Collect Personally Identifiable Information

The personal information we collect is always voluntarily submitted by you. When you visit our website, we automatically obtain the following information from you: the name of your Internet service provider, the browser and operating system of the computer you are using, the website that referred you to us, the pages you request, the date and time of those requests, and the amount of time spent viewing each request.

How We Use Your Information

Information collected about you and your computer is used to fulfill your requests and to track aggregate information about usage of these features. We may also use your contact information to periodically send you email updates and ask you to participate in our organization’s activities. If you provide your phone number, we may call you. We also use this information on an aggregate basis to generate statistics and measure site activity to improve the usefulness of our website to our visitors. For example, we use this information to track which webpages are most popular among visitors as a whole. We do not track the pages you or any individual visitor may look at during a visit to our website, and we do not collect any other information without your knowledge and permission.

How We Handle Your Personally Identifiable Information

The information you submit to us is handled in-house and is reviewed and seen by in-house employees. Occasionally, for security or other internal purposes, an authorized third party representative – such as a professional database administrator – may have access to your information. We will not sell, rent, or trade your personally identifiable information to any other entity without your authorization.

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When you agree to make copyrightable User Content available on the The Way They Worked website, you retain ownership of any copyright you claim to your User Content. You also represent and warrant that – with respect to all User Content that you publish, disseminate, and/or otherwise make available through the website – (a) you have all the rights and licenses necessary to use, reproduce, publish, display publicly, perform publicly (including by means of digital audio transmission), distribute, and/or otherwise exploit such User Content (and to grant to JWJ the licenses set forth in this Agreement), and (b) the User Content will not infringe or otherwise violate the rights of any third party including, but not limited to, the copyright, trademark, privacy, and/or publicity rights of any third party. By submitting User Content as set forth above, you hereby do and shall grant to JWJ (and its successors, assigns, partners, affiliates, and third party service providers) a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform (including by means of digital audio transmission), and otherwise exploit your User Content on and in connection with the website and for any purpose and in any medium, by any means currently existing or yet to be devised. You also hereby do and shall grant to each user of the website a non-exclusive license to access and view your User Content through the website, and to use, reproduce, modify or create derivative works based thereon, distribute, publicly display, and publicly perform (including by means of digital audio transmission) such User Content as permitted through the functionality of the website.

Outside Links

This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website. This site contains hypertext links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

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JWJ operates this website subject to the following legal terms. Your use of the website indicates that you accept these legal terms. We reserve the rights to change these terms at any time by posting changes online. If you continue to use the site after any changes this indicates that you have accepted those changes. The Way They Worked website is only to be used for lawful purposes, and in ways that do not infringe or restrict the rights of others or their use of the site. The information on the site, including names, logos, trademarks, pictures, etc., is provided without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. JWJ will not be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages arising from the use or in connection with such use or loss of use of the website, whether in contract or in negligence. While we do our best to keep our site functioning and free of bugs or viruses, JWJ does not warrant that the functions on our website will be free of interruptions, errors or bugs, or will operate on all devices or operating systems. Commercial use or publication of any or all items displayed is strictly prohibited without prior authorization from JWJ. If you require further information about the use of any content please contact us at action (at) jwj.org. Any information or communication that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of The Way They Worked website, including any comments, information or questions, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary information. If there is any conflict between these legal terms and specific terms of use appearing on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail. The views of contributors to this website are not necessarily the views of JWJ. These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the United States of America.

Contact Us

If you experience technical problems with the operation of this website, contact us at action (at) jwj.org. Below is the complete contact information for our organization: Jobs With Justice Education Fund 1616 P Street NW, Suite 150 Washington, DC 20036 202-393-1044