Retirement on the Line : Age, Work, and Value in an American Factory /

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In an era when people live longer and want (or need) to work past the traditional retirement age, the Vita Needle Company of Needham, Massachusetts, provides inspiration and important lessons about the value of older workers. Vita Needle is a family-owned factory that was founded in 1932 and makes n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lynch, Caitrin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vita Needle Company.
Vita Needle Company > Employees.
Äldre > arbete och arbetsmarknad > Förenta staterna.
Sociale waarden.
Arbeid.
Gepensioneerden.
Ouderen.
Retirement.
Older people > Employment.
Manufacturing industries > Employees.
Employees.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Industrie manufacturiere > Massachusetts > Needham > Personnel.
Manufacturing industries > Massachusetts > Needham > Employees.
Retirement > Massachusetts > Needham.
Older people > Employment > Massachusetts > Needham.
Massachusetts.
Massachusetts > Needham.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : making needles, making lives
  • Making money for Fred : productivity, people, and purpose
  • Antique machinery and antique people : the Vita Needle family
  • No chains on the seats : freedom and flexibility
  • Riding the gray wave : global interest in Vita Needle
  • Rosa, a national treasure : agency in the face of media stardom
  • Conclusion : Vita's larger lessons.

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