work life

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

Working in America III: their time and ours - David Schanoes

A 1971 account and analysis of working in the main post office in Chicago. Foreshadows the workplace…

Work in America: encounters on the job - Stan Weir

Some work stories from Stan Weir, a socialist who worked a variety of manual labor jobs during the 1950s-1970s.

The virtue of idleness - Tom Hodgkinson

Tom Hodgkinson, editor of The Idler, draws upon a wealth of resources to shrug off the capitalist work ethic in favour of 'love, anarchy, freedom…

In praise of idleness - Bertrand Russell

Can't switch off from work? Envy those 'lazy' strikers? In this 1932 essay, Bertrand Russell, socialist and winner of some minor award called the…

Who dismisses the teacher?

Our series on sleep and dreams continues with a post about stress and lack of sleep in the education industry.

"Every meal was a working meal"

Anonymous account of overtime in the video game industry in the early 90s.

Bathrooms

Our series on sleep continues with a piece by Gayge Operaista discussing divisions and oppression within the working class.

Let me sleep on it

Our series on work, sleep and dreams continues with a story about a sleepwalking postal worker.

Alarm Clock

Our series on work, sleep, and dreams continues with a story by our friend Invisible Man, about race, stress, and family.

Good morning sweetheart

This post continues our series on work and sleep with a piece about stress and dreams in the education industry.

Even my dreams these days have work-related scenes

More on our series on work, sleep and dreams. This one features Lou Rinaldi describing a nightmare and how it's his subconscious taking the very…

Reflections on dream baking and sleep deprivation

An account of working without much sleep and the dreams associated with this.