The employee : a political history /
In the age of temp work, telecommuting, and outsourcing, millions of workers in the United States find themselves excluded from the category of "employee" - a crucial distinction that would otherwise permit unionization and collective bargaining. Tracing the history of the term since its e...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2013
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| Edition: | [First edition]. |
| Series: | Politics and culture in modern America.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : "A man can't serve two masters"
- The struggle for harmony. The "Employé" ; Struggling against class ; The sociology of harmony
- The battle for loyalty. Is a foreman a worker? ; The other side of industrial pluralism ; Loyalty ascendant ; The wages of textualism
- Epilogue : Looking for respect.
