Leigh Ann Henion documents the work and lives of the Mendoza family, a family of migrant workers.

Amy Toensing captures a moment between two migrant workers in Limestone, Maine.

Kait Stokes documents the work done by midwives at Ballard House to prepare mothers for labor.

The December 1993 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on contra dancing, migrant laborers, and the YMCA.

Instead of using local labor, Henry Drake hires Jamaicans to help me pick apples every season at his apple orchard. Jennie Vosacek captures images of Drake and his crew to highlight work at an apple orchard.

In the town of Wells, the Maine Diner is closed during the tourist season, unlike the other diners. Mark Mayo and Abby Dubay investigate why Louie Toton chooses to open his diner after Labor Day and how it makes his diner different.

In the town of Wells, the Maine Diner is closed during the tourist season, unlike the other diners. Abby Dubay investigates why Louie Toton chooses to open his diner after Labor Day and how it makes his diner different.

Ronen Trincher documents the work of gravediggers.

Instead of using local labor, Henry Drake hires Jamaicans to help me pick apples every season at his apple orchard. Kaarin Svendsen speaks to Drake and his crew to get a sense of work at an apple orchard, and learns about Jamaican culture.

With the recession of the late 2000s, many paper mills in Maine were closed down, including the Otis Speciality Papers Mill in the town of Jay. Rob Korobkin explores how residents of the town are coming together to support each other, and discusses how the town's current social dynamics are shaped by a labor union strike from the 1980s.

For nearly five decades, Everard Hall has been digging graves in Down East Maine. Erin Birney documents Hall's desire to do things the old-fashioned way and his perfection of the craft.

Known around southern Maine for his unbelievable feat of pounding nails with his bare hands, Joseph Leo Thibeau has become something of a legend. E.J. Blake reports on Thibeau's life and his hand skills.