The World of the Worker

The World of the Worker
Author: James R. Green
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1998
Genre: Labor unions
ISBN: 9780252067341

The Worker

The Worker
Author: Ernst Jünger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Arbetarklassen
ISBN: 9780810136182

Written in 1932, just before the fall of the Weimar Republic and on the eve of the Nazi accession to power, Ernst J nger's The Worker: Dominion and Form articulates a trenchant critique of bourgeois liberalism and seeks to identify the form characteristic of the modern age. J nger's analyses, written in critical dialogue with Marx, are inspired by a profound intuition of the movement of history and an insightful interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy. Martin Heidegger considered J nger "the only genuine follower of Nietzsche," singularly providing "an interpretation which took shape in the domain of that metaphysics which already determines our epoch, even against our knowledge; this metaphysics is Nietzsche's doctrine of the 'will to power.'" In The Worker, J nger examines some of the defining questions of that epoch: the nature of individuality, society, and the state; morality, justice, and law; and the relationships between freedom and power and between technology and nature. This work, appearing in its entirety in English translation for the first time, is an important contribution to debates on work, technology, and politics by one of the most controversial German intellectuals of the twentieth century. Not merely of historical interest, The Worker carries a vital message for contemporary debates about world economy, political stability, and equality in our own age, one marked by unsettling parallels to the 1930s.

Work Without the Worker

Work Without the Worker
Author: Phil Jones
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 183976046X

An accessible analysis of the new forms of work whose seismic changes will increasingly determine the future of capitalism Automation and the decline in industrial employment have lead to rising fears of a workless future. But what happens when your work itself is the thing that will make your job obsolete? In the past few years, online crowdworking platforms - like Amazon's Mechanical Turk and Clickworker - have become an increasingly important source of work, particularly for those in the Global South. Here, small tasks are assigned to people online, and are often used to train algorithms to spot patterns, patterns through machine learning those same algorithms will then be able to spot more effectively than humans. Used for everything from the mechanics of self-driving cars to Google image search, this is an increasingly powerful part of the digital ecomomy. But what happens to work when it makes itself obsolete. In this stimulating work that blends political economy, studies of contemporary work, and speculations on the future of capitalism, Phil Jones looks at what this often murky and hidden form of labour looks like, and what it says about the state of global capitalism.

The Tragedy of the Worker

The Tragedy of the Worker
Author: Jamie Allinson
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1839762942

Facing irreversible climate change, the planet is en route to apocalypse To understand the scale of what faces us and how it ramifies through every corner of our lives is to marvel at our inaction. Why aren’t we holding emergency meetings in every city, town and village every week? What is to be done to create a planet where a communist horizon offers a new dawn to replace our planetary twilight? What does it mean to be a communist after we have hit a climate tipping point? The Tragedy of the Worker is a brilliant, stringently argued pamphlet reflecting on capitalism’s death drive, the left’s complicated entanglements with fossil fuels, and the rising tide of fascism. In response, the authors propose Salvage Communism, a programme of restoration and reparation that must precede any luxury communism. They set out a new way to think about the Anthropocene. The Tragedy of the Worker demands an alternative future—the Proletarocene—one capable of repairing the ravages of capitalism and restoring the world.

Let's Meet a Construction Worker

Let's Meet a Construction Worker
Author: Bridget Heos
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512477613

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Let's Meet a Construction Worker! What do construction workers do? Some lucky kids are about to find out! They visit Mr. Moore, a construction worker who's helping to build a new school. He shows them machines that dig big holes. He explains how he follows the building plans. And he tells about different workers and how they stay safe. Hooray for construction workers! "Cartoon-style animated drawings in bright colors introduce diverse characters who will capture children's interest." —School Library Journal "In each book introducing a community-benefiting career, schoolchildren meet one adult to learn about his or her job; information includes the training required to become a firefighter, doctor, etc., daily routines, and primary responsibilities. The content is inclusive and up-to-date but delivered though vapid stories. Peppy computer-generated cartoons are amateur." - The Horn Book Guide Free downloadable series teaching guide available.

Voices from the Catholic Worker

Voices from the Catholic Worker
Author: Rosalie Riegle Troester
Publisher: Temple University Press
Total Pages: 640
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781566390590

This rich oral history weaves a tapestry of memories and experience from interviews, roundtable discussions, personal memoirs, and thorough research. In the sixtieth anniversary year of the Catholic Worker, Rosalie Riegle Troester reconfirms the diversity and commitment of a movement that applies basic Christianity to social problems. Founded in 1933 by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, the Catholic Worker has continued to apply the principles of voluntary poverty and nonviolence to changing social and political realities. Over 200 interviews with Workers from all over the United States reveal how people came to this movement, how they were changed by it, and how they faced contradictions between the Catholic Worker philosophy and the call of contemporary life. Vivid memoirs of Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin, and Ammon Hennacy are interwoven with accounts of involvement with labor unions, war resistance, and life on Catholic Worker farms. The author also addresses the Worker's relationship with the Catholic Church and with the movement's wrenching debates over abortion, homosexuality, and the role of women. Author note: Rosalie Riegle Troester is Professor of English at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan.

Worker Centers

Worker Centers
Author: Janice Ruth Fine
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780801472572

As national policy is debated, a locally based grassroots movement is taking the initiative to assist millions of immigrants in the American workforce facing poor pay, bad working conditions, and few prospects to advance to better jobs. Fine takes a comprehensive look at the rising phenomenon of worker centers, fast-growing institutions that improve the lives of immigrant workers through service advocacy and organizing.—from publisher information.

The Worker's Tunnel

The Worker's Tunnel
Author: Joseph Curry
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2020-01-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 179482829X

When Billionaire William Mercer hire a team, to work on a special project with the help of his Executive Foreman, the team discover that this isn't no ordinary work task. It becomes a game of cat and mouse, everything becomes more than meets the eye. Now it's up to the team to find not only a missing Mr. Mercer, but what's so important in the tunnel. It's going to take a lot of wit and skill to survive the tunnel. Team leader Jax calls on the help from not only the National guard but his long time best friend Reese, who both served in the United States Military. Can Jax and his team do what it take's to survive this mysterious tunnel? ""Stay Away From The Tunnel""