The aim of this course is to provide a humanistic and philosophical guide to thinking about the idea of work with dignity (migrant and undocumented labor, wage discrepancy, the minimum requirements established in societies for the provision of livelihood and its protection, unionization contracts, labor agreements, etc.). Our approach will be to consider this theme through the lens of the historical and theoretical dimensions of a larger and older discourse that has been around for millennia: labor and dignity. We will examine texts that illuminate the strengths and frailties of the concept and consider how it has struggled to maintain itself through history. Our workload each week will consist of individual case studies where the problem of labor and dignity is represented in scriptures, myths, literature, film, philosophy, theater, records of community life, media, and politics.