Capt Bringdown
10-16-2011, 06:48 PM
Uncle Sam Does(n’t) Want You
America's Reserve Army of Labor Marches Through Time (http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175439/fraser_and_freeman_taps_for_the_unemployed)
No one volunteers to serve in this army. But anyone, from Silicon Valley engineers to Florida tomato pickers, is eligible to join what, in our time, might be thought of as the all-involuntary force. Its mission is to make the world safe for capitalism. As is its historic duty, that force of idle workers is once again driving down wages, lengthening working hours, eroding on-the-job conditions, and adding an element of raw fear to the lives of anyone still lucky enough to have a job.
- more - (http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175439/fraser_and_freeman_taps_for_the_unemployed)
America's Reserve Army of Labor Marches Through Time (http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175439/fraser_and_freeman_taps_for_the_unemployed)
No one volunteers to serve in this army. But anyone, from Silicon Valley engineers to Florida tomato pickers, is eligible to join what, in our time, might be thought of as the all-involuntary force. Its mission is to make the world safe for capitalism. As is its historic duty, that force of idle workers is once again driving down wages, lengthening working hours, eroding on-the-job conditions, and adding an element of raw fear to the lives of anyone still lucky enough to have a job.
- more - (http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175439/fraser_and_freeman_taps_for_the_unemployed)