We need to think about work in much broader and more varied contexts. We should familiarize ourselves with the many things people around the world do from day to day in order to earn a living. We should strive to complicate our notions of work and what work means in different circumstances, in different societies, to people of different classes, ages, genders, and ethnicities. In the end, it is worth remembering that the world of work is much more diverse and complex than pundits like leftists, anarchists, or right-wingers ever like to admit.
Unions are a modern concept, a product of industrial society.
The individual worker is almost powerless in a non-union workplace, with the choice of obeying the boss or quitting their job for another one. Everyday, billions of people around the globe trudge off to work. Then join our listserv today. In a study published last year the World Bank expressed concern that China's productivity levels were the lowest in the world. Well, not one of your democrats at Tiananmen Square was able to applaud this.