Modern times, ancient hours : working lives in the twenty-first century
Basso, Pietro, 1945-
Pietro Basso argues that the average working time of wage labourers is more intense, fast-paced, flexible, and longer than at any period in recent history. This is true, he posits, not only in ...industry and agriculture, but also, and particularly, in the service industry. In this comprehensive survey of all the Western countries, not just the US, he demonstrates that extraordinary work pressure is increasing throughout. The introduction of the thirty-five-hour working week in France notwithstanding, all the signs of a creeping deterioration in the working lives of millions of people are explored: a reduction in the purchasing power of wages, the mass downsizing of corporations, the continual erosion of company and state-ensured benefits, and finally the availability of much cheaper labour from Latin America, Asia, Africa and eastern Europe. Bass suggests that the only sensible response is a renewal of the working-class struggle. He reminds us that the human aspiration to do work that does not break the body or the spirit is universal and deep-rooted. Workers will rise, Basso argues, if they continue to be pushed beyond their limits.
Type of material - book
Edition - Updated and expanded ed.
Publication and manufacture - London : Verso, 2003
Knjižnica 33/34 BASSO P. Modern... IN: 0005618
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