Stiffing the working class : welcome to third-world America / Clyde Bradley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Clyde, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--United States--History--21st century.

Working class.

Work environment--United States.

Work environment.

Industrial safety--United States.

Industrial safety.

Industrial relations--United States.

Industrial relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Algora Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A blue-collar factory worker shares with the reader his personal journey over three decades of manufacturing in America. Cutting corners and cutting wages may goose the bottom line briefly, but over the long term they destroy employees' ability to get the job done. Anecdotes from the contemporary manufacturing world expose management's utter disrespect for workers, from unsafe and unsanitary work conditions, to low pay, lack of job security, and the use of illegal immigrants.

Contents:

That was then : this is now

Everyone wants to play on a winning team

The beginning of the end

Starting over isn't easy

Help wanted, please

Take it or leave it

All factories are not created equal

Comfortably numb

Making ends meet

A different way of making a living

Drastic times, drastic measures

Dream team turns nightmare

When all else fails, get meaner

Insanity : take two

OSHA- obvious safety hazards accepted

Time to shatter the myth

Two language societies don't work

Take me to your cafeteria

Where do we go from here?

A tale of two packers : summing it all up

Afterthoughts and acknowledgements.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-87586-902-5

OCLC:

821198154