The Employee : A Political History /

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In the present 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 sinc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vinel, Jean-Christian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Political culture.
Labor laws and legislation.
Industrial relations.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Industrial relations > United States > History > 20th century.
Labor laws and legislation > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "A man can't serve two masters"
  • Part 1. The struggle for harmony
  • The "Employe"
  • Struggling against class
  • The sociology of harmony
  • Part II. 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.

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