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Longer hours, fewer jobs : employment and unemployment in the United States

Title
Longer hours, fewer jobs : employment and unemployment in the United States / Michael D. Yates.
Author
Yates, Michael, 1946-
Publication
New York : Monthly Review Press, ©1994.

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Description
144 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
Shows how living and working conditions of American workers have deteriorated since the 1970s. Calls for the establishment of a new working class movement.
Series Statement
Cornerstone books
Uniform Title
Cornerstone books (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
  • Geschichte 1890-1994
  • Unemployment > United States
  • Labor market > United States
  • Overtime > United States
  • Hours of labor > United States
  • Wages > United States
  • Cost and standard of living > United States
  • Income distribution > United States
  • Quality of life > United States
  • Overtime
  • Cost and standard of living
  • Hours of labor
  • Income distribution
  • Labor market
  • Quality of life
  • Unemployment
  • Wages
  • Arbeitslosigkeit
  • Arbeitszeit
  • Beschäftigung
  • Arbeidsmarkt
  • Werkgelegenheid
  • Werkloosheid
  • Arbeidstijd
  • Levensstandaard
  • employment
  • unemployment
  • hours of work
  • quality of life
  • trend
  • income distribution
  • low income
  • wage rate
  • wage differential
  • minimum wage
  • standard of living
  • women workers
  • dual jobholding
  • precarious employment
  • overtime
  • disguised unemployment
  • employment policy
  • capitalism
  • working class
  • labour movement
  • statistical table
  • emploi
  • chômage
  • durée du travail
  • qualité de la vie
  • tendance
  • répartition du revenu
  • faible revenu
  • taux des salaires
  • disparité des salaires
  • salaire minimum
  • niveau de vie
  • travailleuses
  • cumul d'emplois
  • emploi précaire
  • heures supplémentaires
  • chômage déguisé
  • politique de l'emploi
  • capitalisme
  • classe ouvrière
  • mouvement ouvrier
  • tableau statistique
  • empleo
  • desempleo
  • horas de trabajo
  • calidad de la vida
  • tendencia
  • distribución del ingreso
  • bajos ingresos
  • tasa de salario
  • diferencia del salario
  • salario mínimo
  • nivel de vida
  • trabajadoras
  • empleo doble
  • empleo precario
  • horas extraordinarias
  • desempleo disfrazado
  • política de empleo
  • capitalismo
  • clase trabajadora
  • movimiento obrero
  • cuadros estadísticos
  • United States
  • USA
  • USA
  • Etats-Unis
  • Estados Unidos
Genre/Form
  • graph.
  • illustration.
  • reference.
  • graphique.
  • référence bibliographique.
  • gráfico.
  • ilustración.
  • referencia.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-140) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction: The American Century -- 2. Employment: Falling Wages and Incomes -- 3. Employment: Increasing Hours and Junk Jobs -- 4. Unemployment -- 5. The Nature of the Beast -- 6. What Is to Be Done?
ISBN
  • 085345888X
  • 9780853458883
  • 0853458871
  • 9780853458876
LCCN
  • 93026615
  • ZBWT00559492
OCLC
  • ocm28422495
  • 28422495
  • SCSB-2024494
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library