Degraded work : the struggle at the bottom of the labor market

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doussard, Marc, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unskilled labor--United States.

Unskilled labor.

Labor--United States.

Labor.

Working poor--United States.

Working poor.

Wages--United States.

Wages.

Labor market--United States.

Labor market.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of Minnesota Press 2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on fieldwork in Chicago, Degraded Work examines changes in two industries in which inferior job quality is assumed to be intrinsic: residential construction and food retail. Arguing that a growing service sector does not have to mean growing inequality, Marc Doussard proposes creative policy and organizing opportunities to improve job quality despite the overwhelming barriers to national political action.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction: The Boom in Poorly Paid and Precarious Jobs

1. New Inequalities: The Deterioration of Local-Serving Industries

2. Beyond Low Wages: The Problem of Degraded Work

3. The City That Sweats Work: Growth and Inequality in Post-Fordist Chicago

4. Oases in the Midst of Deserts: How Food Retailers Thrive in Disinvested Neighborhoods

5. "They're Happy to Have a Job": Midsize Supermarkets and Degraded Work

6. Building Degradation: Dangerous Work and Falling Pay during a Construction Boom

7. A Perfectly Flexible Workforce: Day Labor in a Precarious Industry

8. New Answers to New Problems: The Creative Work of Reversing Degradation

Conclusion: Building a Fair Labor Market in Postmanufacturing Economies

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8166-8563-0