work life

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

When it comes to the crunch - Unpaid overtime in the games industry

Shane Mason, a Solidarity Federation member, libcom poster and games industry worker writes about…

Night of the living geeks - how I learned to start worrying and hate the cuties

Geeks are a nice species of creature. Cutely dressed, delicate, fragile, softly spoken to the point…

Step Across the Border: Lakhani Workers in Faridabad and in Uttaranchal

Reports from Indian garment workers on their conditions, February 2011.

Turn a Blind Tired Eye: Security Guards from Gurgaon

A report on the security industry and conditions for security workers in Gurgaon, India in February 2011.

Avon calling… from hell!!!

A tale of toil by Donald Phillips, a worker in an Avon factory.

How to actually enjoy your incredibly inane and stupid job now and then without becoming a brainwashed zombie

Greta Christina's 30 ways to improve your working life.

Shiny new buildings: academies

Education’s Trojan horses: the thoughts of an academy school worker

Some thoughts of an academy school worker in England.

A year in española

A tale of teaching toil in a bilingual school in New Mexico.

The Swineherd

A tale of toil from a weary legislator's letter writer, by Mark Henkes.

IBM: From the Guts of the Monster

Below is a transcription of the conversation we held last December with a compañero [literally "companion," but often has a sense closer to "comrade" -- trans.] of ours who has worked at IBM for many years and has seen how the great multinational of informática ["informatics" refers to computers and telecommunications -- trans.] has transformed labor conditions such that its workers no longer enjoy a privileged…

Busywork

A tale of toil by Laura Markley, an office worker.

My one-day career

Molly Wagner on her short-lived employment as a seltzer drink seller.