The Working Poor, Labor Organizing, and the Service Industries
The Working Poor, Labor Organizing, and the Service Industries
Reading from the book “The Social Organization of Work” (by authors Randy Hodson and Teresa A. Sullivan) define the term “service economy.” In about a paragraph, carefully describe America’s service economy and discuss one of the consequences that the recent shift to a service economy has had on American workers. In another paragraph or so, try to summarize the historical role of labor organizing (unionizing) in capitalist economies. What have been union goals, and have they accomplished these goals?
