Retirement on the line
Subtitle: age, work, and value in an American factory
By: Caitrin Lynch
Publisher: ILR Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780801450266; 9780801477782
Subjects: Retirement; Manufacturing industries; Employees; Vita Needle Company; Older people; Employment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : making needles, making lives; title: Making money for Fred : productivity, people, and purpose; title: Antique machinery and antique people : the Vita Needle family; title: No chains on the seats : freedom and flexibility; title: Riding the gray wave : global interest in Vita Needle; title: Rosa, a national treasure : agency in the face of media stardom; title: Conclusion : Vita's larger lessons.