This article speaks eloquently to the plight of what Guy Standing calls the "precariat". Google has good references. Sally ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Arthur Cordell [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:02 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: Re: [Futurework] Where we are headed
Thanks for posting the mother jones article. Deserves wide distribution. Arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D & N Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:47 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: [Futurework] Where we are headed As it is in the U.S., so it will be in Cacada (intentional misspelling). Or, as above, so below. Canada is (and has been ) falling in line with the U.S. thought process and the Harpie ascends to the top of the lap-dog heap as he sends 1400 Canadian troops to the U.S. war games in the Pacific arena as the Olympics begin in London. Pay homage to the "big Stick" or be beaten with it. As to where the U.S. is leading this, I think I would prefer to be beaten with it. Will it be China that starts the next war, or the U.S.? Or will it be shadow op's so blurry no one will know. But I digress. This post from portside is what I am sending: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/labor-ready-jobs-temp-workers-investigation ... It's not a pretty formula, but it works. With 600 offices and a workforce of 400,000 - more employees than Target or Home Depot - Labor Ready is the undisputed king of the blue-collar temp industry. Specializing in "tough-to-fill, high-turnover positions," the company dispatches people to dig ditches, demolish buildings, remove debris, stock giant fulfillment warehouses - jobs that take their toll on a body. (See "I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave.") And business is booming. Labor Ready's parent company, TrueBlue, saw its profits soar 55 percent last year, to $31 million, on $1.3 billion in sales. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that "employment services," which includes temporary labor, will remain among the fastest growing sectors through 2020. TrueBlue CEO Steve Cooper, who took home nearly $2 million last year, predicts "a bright future ahead." ... The minimum wage, part-time slave is on the rise in Canada too and it's not just high school drop outs or even grads, it is now reaching college level and will soon be accepting bodies from university general degrees. D.
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