work life

Paperboy of the 1990s - Juan Conatz

Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 23 2016 21:13

A brief indulgence in 1990s nostalgia by Juan Conatz, centering on his first job.

The Bronx slave market, 1950 - Marvel Cooke

Submitted by Steven. on Dec 9 2015 09:53

Unemployed domestic workers seek employment, New York 1937

Fascinating series of reports and first person accounts of the markets in New York City where unemployed African-American women would be hired by white housewives to perform domestic tasks at extremely low wages.

Breaks - Scott Nappalos & Monica Kostas

Submitted by Recomposition on Oct 10 2015 20:20

A short account about breaks at work and life under capitalism.

Seeing past the luxury label part II: H&M in Hamburg, Germany and their suppliers in Delhi, India

Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Sep 23 2015 16:36

Interesting look at the working conditions and workers' resistance in H&M warehouses in Germany and factories in India.

Lines of Work: Stories of Jobs and Resistance (review)

By Scott Nikolas Nappalos, ed. (Alberta, Canada: Black Cat Press, 2013). Review by Jared Davidson, first published in LHP Bulletin 64.

Withered aristocracy #2 - heavy construction and critical faculties

Submitted by Schwarz on Jul 30 2015 22:14

An attempt at an explanation for the long absence of the Withered Aristocracy blog.

New series of factory stories from China

Submitted by Nao on Jul 30 2015 15:09

Chinese worker activists have been documenting and analyzing the situation and struggles of factory workers in the Pearlriverdelta in South China over the past few years. Since 2012 they have been publishing reports the magazine "Factory Stories" (工厂龙门阵 gongchang longmenzhen).