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portada Youth at Work
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Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
272
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9x15.2x1.9 cm
Weight
0.37 kg.
ISBN
9781566398541
ISBN13
9781566398541
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Youth at Work

Stuart Tannock (Author) · Temple University Press · Paperback

Youth at Work - Tannock, Stuart

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Synopsis "Youth at Work"

Young people often work in some of the lowest-paying, lowest-status jobs there are - in dead-end jobs or McJobs in the retail, food, and entertainment service sectors. They have lower wages, fewer benefits, less job security, and are less likely to be unionized than any other age group in the workforce. Employers of young workers, by contrast, frequently rank among the world's most powerful corporations. Despite their importance to the service economy, young workers are often ignored or stereotyped by researchers, policymakers, and trade unions. This interview-based study of 95 young unionized fast-food and grocery workers in two cities in the U.S. and Canada presents a detailed account of their experiences in their workplaces and in their unions. These young workers vividly describe their daily tasks of frying, serving, bagging, stocking, and cleaning up, and the pressures from management and customers that surround these tasks. Management control tactics they encounter include video surveillance, drug testing, and monitoring of worker service scripts by mystery shoppers. The workers also document the hazards - muscle injuries, burns, and robberies - and the responsibilities of

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