On the Job: Confronting The Labour Process in Canada - Couverture souple

Heron, Craig; Storey, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0773505997 ISBN 13 : 9780773505995

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1986

Synopsis

The essays in this volume enhance our understanding of Canadians on the job. Focusing on specific industries and kinds of work, from logging and longshoring to restaurant work and the needle trades, the contributors consider such issues as job skill, mass production, and the transformation of resource industries. They raise questions about how particular jobs are structured and changed over time, the role of workers' resistance and trade unions in shaping the lives of workers, and the impact of technology. Together these essays clarify a fundamental characteristic shared by all labour processes: they are shaped and conditioned by the social, economic, and political struggles of labour and capital both inside and outside the workplace. They argue that technological change, as well as all the transformations in the workplace, must become a social process that we all control.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773505997
• ISBN 13: 9780773505995
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible