work life

Content about workers' experiences of their working lives and labour.

Workers' report: general conditions and the conditions for generalisation at Hackney Street Cleansing Department

A report about working life in refuse collection, recycling and street cleaning…

Progressive Pretensions

"Kwazee Wabbitt" recounts and compares climbing the career ladder at a "progressive" firm to being part of a Leninist sect.

A new philosoFiat at Pomigliano factory, Italy

If eight hours don't seem enough for you (original title of the article), try to work at an assembly line from ten o'clock at night till six o…

Misery is relative: comparison of minimum wages in Delhi and London

Gurgaon Workers News analyse the relative difference in purchasing power and quality of life between…

Sleep-workers enquiry - Endnotes

Worker's enquiry in the cynical mode: the unrevolutionary working life of the web developer.

Small is not beautiful: Working at the San Francisco Bay Guardian

An account of work and industrial conflict at the alternative newspaper the San Francisco Bay…

863-AIDS

An account of working on an HIV-aids helpline in San Francisco.

Poles 'n holes: Working in the porn biz

Pornography worker Chaz Bufe on work, sexuality and censorship in America. We do not agree with all of it (for the reasons outlined by Commie…

Lose jobs now: ask me how!

An account of casual work, sabotage and getting sacked in the service industry, by Zoe Noe.

The Making of a Bad Attitude: An Abridged History of my Wage Slavery

Tales of toil and occasional termination from offices and stores in San Francisco in the 1970s and 80s by Lucius Cabins for Processed World.

“Needles and Threats”, Local Textile Industry, Part One

A text on the textile export industries around the New Delhi area in India, including workers' reports and how one company got rid of permanent workers by repression and taking advantage of the workers' trust in their union representatives.

Thousands of invisible hands moving the automobile industry in Gurgaon area, Part One

A short introduction to the local automobile industry, plus five Faridabad Majdoor Samaachaar reports from workers employed in different companies of the supplying sector.