Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be Done to Improve It

by David Weil

Book Overview

For much of the twentieth century, large companies employing many workers formed the bedrock of the U.S. economy. Today, as David Weil's groundbreaking analysis shows, large corporations have shed their role as direct employers of the people responsible for their products, in favor of outsourcing work to small companies that compete fiercely with one another. The result has been declining wages, eroding benefits, inadequate health and safety conditions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975448
• ISBN13: 9780674975446
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 9.0"