Temporary Coding
A tale of toil from legal temp Mickey D.
I always worked as a temp, usually doing light industrial work, but it wasn't until I moved to San Francisco that I got a job in a law firm. I had no relevant experience or interest in law; my last job before moving here was cleaning up rat feces in a Lipton warehouse. I got my first job interview through a ""clerical'' help wanted ad.
From Cordoba CNT-AIT, Solidarity in the conflict against the multinational EULEN.
Submitted by cnt-ait on Aug 8 2010 19:26
The conflict started in the University of Córdoba where EULEN has a contract for maintenance and gardening services. After several unsatisified demands, a case was started against EULEN and the University of Córdoba for illegal transfer of workers and there was a ruling against the University, forcing it to hire the comrade who filed the lawsuit.
SOV Cordoba (CNT-AIT) asks for solidarity in the conflict we have against the multinational EULEN.
EULEN is a company basically dedicated to the service sector (cleaning, maintenance, social healthcare services, security, etc. ) specializing in subcontracting services to the public administration and to large companies.
Sleep-workers enquiry - Endnotes
Worker's enquiry in the cynical mode: the unrevolutionary working life of the web developer.
This morning, floating through that state between sleep and consciousness where you can become aware of the content of your dreams immediately before waking, I realised that I was dreaming in code again.
Talking Heads
processed world editorial
With Processed World 19 we return, flushed, but unchastened, from our special sex issue with a focus on a neglected feature of modern life--workplace transience.
Lose jobs now: ask me how!
An account of casual work, sabotage and getting sacked in the service industry, by Zoe Noe.
All jobs are temporary. That's a lesson that I've been fortunate to learn early in life; there's no such thing as a 'permanent' job. I never could understand the need to make distinctions between "permanent" and "temporary" job situations.
Gurgaon: Whose security is it anyway?
Reports from Security Guards in Gurgaon, one of them employed by G4S, formerly known as Group4. The worker reports about the massive and open money swindle the company undertakes. Another guard reports why he had to work 48 hours without a break.
Workers’ life time, energy and acceptance to risk physical damage is a cheap commodity. There is a night security guard in front of each upper-middle-class house of Gurgaon areas like Sushant Lok and the lifetime wage of the guard will amount to less than the price for the wooden entry door and front widows. There are two guards in most of the stores of the shopping malls.
The Way It Was
Ana Logue reminisces about being a temporary worker in New York in 1965.
Temping in the Office of the Past
From BPO to riot – proletarian students in NOIDA clash with police
A faked business processes offshoring (BPO) company took money for employment from some students in NOIDA. When the students noticed the scam they did not allow the company owners to move out the building till they paid them back.
Greater Noida on 10th of January 2010
Over eight students suffered minor injuries in a clash with the police personnel at Knowledge Park-I late last night. The students were protesting against a BPO company company.
Blue Shield & the Union: A Post-Mortem
Debra Wittley analyses the strike action at Blue Shield insurance from 1980-81 for Processed World.
Blue Shield and the Union: Post-Mortem II
Being a temporary office worker occasionally gives me interesting opportunities to learn about the inner workings of the corporate world. I recently finished a temporary assignment at Blue Shield of California where I had the opportunity to learn some very interesting things indeed.
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