The dark side of Lean and Agile. Just like the Arts as they cut the performers lose after a production and pay the office staff minimum wage. This format was built after the crash in 1929 when they automated the Arts Industries. (Technology again.) And then on the Quapaw reservation they killed the town in 1958 as they automated the mines and replaced the 3000 workers with less than 300. They sent the non-Indian workers to Grants New Mexico where they would die in the Uranium Mine. I have lots of experience with this principle. Capitalism is the enemy of community. You might also look into the great brass bands that made England's brass players the envy of the world. They disappeared as the English mines were automated. The corporations used the bands to develop teams in the mines and to cut down on alcoholism.
Here is a precursor to all of that in 19th century. This is where they did their practicing and look who was the bow of their ship. Christian missionaries. Check this out Lawry, http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/fulltext/duna.htm REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 9:02 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: [Futurework] Apple Stores' Army, Long on Loyalty but Short on Pay - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/business/apple-store-workers-loyal-but-sho rt-on-pay.html?nl=todaysheadlines <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/business/apple-store-workers-loyal-but-sh ort-on-pay.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120625> &emc=edit_th_20120625 http://tinyurl.com/7mzftob Last year, during his best three-month stretch, Jordan Golson sold about $750,000 worth of computers and gadgets at the Apple <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/apple_computer_inc/in dex.html?inline=nyt-org> Store in Salem, N.H. It was a performance that might have called for a bottle of Champagne - if that were a luxury Mr. Golson could have afforded. "I was earning $11.25 an hour," he said. "Part of me was thinking, 'This is great. I'm an Apple fan, the store is doing really well.' But when you look at the amount of money the company is making and then you look at your paycheck, it's kind of tough." America's love affair with the smartphone has helped create tens of thousands of jobs at places like Best Buy and Verizon Wireless and will this year pump billions into the economy. Within this world, the Apple Store is the undisputed king, a retail phenomenon renowned for impeccable design, deft service and spectacular revenues. Last year, the company's 327 global stores took in more money per square foot than any other United States retailer - wireless or otherwise - and almost double that of Tiffany, which was No. 2 on the list, according to the research firm RetailSails. Worldwide, its stores sold $16 billion in merchandise. But most of Apple's employees enjoyed little of that wealth. While consumers tend to think of Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., as the company's heart and soul, a majority of its workers in the United States are not engineers or executives with hefty salaries and bonuses but rather hourly wage earners selling iPhones and MacBooks. About 30,000 of the 43,000 Apple employees in this country work in Apple Stores, as members of the service economy, and many of them earn about $25,000 a year. They work inside the world's fastest growing industry, for the most valuable company, run by one of the country's most richly compensated chief executives, Tim Cook. Last year, he received stock grants, which vest over a 10-year period, that at today's share price would be worth more than $570 million. And though Apple is unparalleled as a retailer, when it comes to its lowliest workers, the company is a reflection of the technology industry as a whole. The Internet and advances in computing have created untold millionaires, but most of the jobs created by technology giants are service sector positions - sales employees and customer service representatives, repairmen and delivery drivers - that offer little of Silicon Valley's riches or glamour. Much of the debate about American unemployment has focused on why companies have moved factories overseas, but only 8 percent of the American work force is in manufacturing, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Job growth has for decades been led by service-related work, and any recovery with real legs, labor experts say, will be powered and sustained by this segment of the economy. And as the service sector has grown, the definition of a career has been reframed for millions of American workers. "In the service sector, companies provide a little bit of training and hope their employees leave after a few years," says Arne L. Kalleberg, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina. "Especially now, given the number of college kids willing to work for low wages." ...... More...it is a long article
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