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Longer hours, fewer jobs : employment and unemployment in the United States
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- Summary
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Shows how living and working conditions of American workers have deteriorated since the 1970s. Calls for the establishment of a new working class movement.
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- Creator
- Michael D. Yates
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Monthly Review Press, ©1994
- Physical Details
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- 144 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 085345888X, 9780853458883, 0853458871, 9780853458876
- OCLC
- ocm28422495
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-140) and index.
- 1. Introduction: The American Century -- 2. Employment: Falling Wages and Incomes -- 3. Employment: Increasing Hours and Junk Jobs -- 4. Unemployment -- 5. The Nature of the Beast -- 6. What Is to Be Done?
Subjects
- Unemployment -- United States.
- Labor market -- United States.
- Overtime -- United States.
- Hours of labor -- United States.
- Wages -- United States.
- Cost and standard of living -- United States.
- Income distribution -- United States.
- Quality of life -- United States.
- Labor market.
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- Overtime
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- United States
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