[Edited Message Follows] [Reason: Editorial correction] On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 11:09 PM, Mark Baugher wrote:
> > I still see PMC as a poorly-defined category. With good reason. College and university graduates - so-called “professionals” - do not collectively constitute a unitary and coherent Professional Management Class or an intermediate stratum with distinct interests of its own. Most professionals are workers employed in large and highly stratified public and private sector bureaucracies. They do not have authority over other workers, and they have the right to join or form unions in many jurisdictions outside the US. When they exercise the right to bargain collectively in their own occupational units or as part of a broader one, they become increasingly conscious of their status as unionized workers. A much smaller number are supervisors and fewer still are managers. Those professionals who supervise other professionals and/or support staff may or may not enjoy union rights. That right is frequently contested between management and unions and decided by labour boards. The usual litmus test is whether these employees can unilaterally hire, fire, and discipline those they supervise without approval from higher levels or personnel departments. The narrow management cohort comprising the most privileged professionals at the top of the hierarchy has a contrary interest - limiting rather than improving the pay, benefits, rights and other demands of the trades, clerical, and professional workers under their control. Though they are also salaried, the accumulated wealth from their stock and bond holdings tends to further reinforce their identification with capital. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42097): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42097 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119843448/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
