What Workers Say: Decades of Struggle and How to Make Real Opportunity Now

Jobs have often been discriminatory, dangerous, and exploitative, failing to provide real opportunity for advancement. What Workers Say, by Roberta Iversen, interviews 1,200 workers to present stories about their labor market jobs since 1980, revealing how transformations in the political economy have shrunk or eliminated opportunity for workers, families, communities, and productivity.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 207 pages
Publication date: 07 June 2022
Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.

What Workers Say

Roberta Iversen's book, "What Workers Say," delves into the realities of jobs for employees in labor market industries, including manufacturing, construction, printing, and service-producing jobs. It highlights the discriminatory, dangerous, and exploitative nature of many jobs, as well as their failure to utilize workers' full capabilities. The book draws from Studs Terkels' "Working," featuring interviews with over 1,200 workers since 1980, providing a human perspective on their labor market experiences. Iversen reveals how transformations in the political economy of waged work have limited opportunities for workers, families, communities, and productivity. Additionally, the book offers an innovative proposal for compensated civil labor, aimed at enabling workers, communities, labor market organizations, and the national infrastructure to thrive.

Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781439922378