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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryDegraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market Doussard, Marc Book 2013 Doussard demonstrates that the decline in wages and working conditions is anything but the unavoidable result of competitive economic forces. Rather, he makes the case that service sector and other lo... Enough With the Just In Time Schedules, Say Retail Workers Brown, Jenny Article 2012 Employers increasingly use part-time scheduling to decrease costs and crush attempts at worker organizing. Scheduling software now cuts shifts into chunks as small as 15-minutes. Last-minute schedule ... 45 Days of Solidarity: How Verizon workers outmatched the country's largest telecommunications company. Katch, Danny Article 2016 The strike by 39,000 Verizon workers -- members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) -- ended after forty-five days with a tentativ... How the New Flexible Economy is Making Workers Lives Hell Reich, Robert Article 2015 Whatever it's called – just-in-time scheduling, on-call staffing, on-demand work, independent contracting, or the "share economy" -- the result is the same: No predictability, no economic security. Retail Workers Fight 'Just in Time' Scheduling Freleng, Maggie Article 2012 On-call shift scheduling is rough on a largely part-time and female work force trying to keep up with families, school and second jobs. Some workers are asking for better terms. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price Greenwald, Robert (director) Film/Video 2005 A documentary film about the largest company on earth, featuring the stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to survive in a Wal-Mart world. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesSources Sources specializes in collecting, indexing, and disseminating information to help journalists, editors, and researchers quickly reach articulate experts and spokespersons who can provide background i... Sources LibraryRetail Topic Index in Sources Directory of Experts Spokespersons, Experts, and Resources A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on topics related to retailing and the retail industry in the Sources directory for the media. |
