Disposable Workers. Fred Magdoff and Harry Magdoff.
by Magdoff, Fred; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 56Business. Publisher: Monthly Review, 2004ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Capitalism | Contract labor | Contracting out | Displaced workers | Employment (Economic theory) | Globalization | Labor supply | Labor unions | National Labor Relations Act 1935 | Privatization | Temporary employees | Working classDDC classification: 050 Summary: "One of the central features of capitalism is the oversupply of labor, a large mass of people that enter and leave the labor force according to the needs of capital. During an upswing in the business cycle, additional labor is necessary to utilize a business's full capacity. As sales slacken during a recession, workers no longer needed are then dismissed. The reserve army of labor--with brief and very unusual exceptions--is always present." (MONTHLY REVIEW) This article discusses the reserve army of labor and explains how "treating labor as a disposable and/or easily replaceable part of the production process promotes capitalism's central driving force--the never-ending drive to accumulate wealth."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 53 Help Wanted. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 54 The Economy That Never Sleeps. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 55 Just in Time?. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 56 Disposable Workers. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 56 Workers Looking for Jobs, Unions Looking for Members. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 57 Job Hunting Mamas. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 58 On the Frontier of Flexibility. |
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
Originally Published: Disposable Workers, April 2004; pp. 18-35.
"One of the central features of capitalism is the oversupply of labor, a large mass of people that enter and leave the labor force according to the needs of capital. During an upswing in the business cycle, additional labor is necessary to utilize a business's full capacity. As sales slacken during a recession, workers no longer needed are then dismissed. The reserve army of labor--with brief and very unusual exceptions--is always present." (MONTHLY REVIEW) This article discusses the reserve army of labor and explains how "treating labor as a disposable and/or easily replaceable part of the production process promotes capitalism's central driving force--the never-ending drive to accumulate wealth."
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