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| "It is not a matter of right or wrong, it is not a matter of moral or immoral but a matter of manipulation". Feb. 11, 2003 By Anthony M. Streckfuss |
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| Contingent Workers and Coverage Under the Fair Labor Standards Act September 16,1999 By Catherine K. Ruckelshaus National Employment law Project United States industries and business owners are fashioning newer and more complex business arrangements in order to compete in the global economy, where increased movement of capital and labor across borders brings new pressure on U.S. businesses to survive at any cost. Tactics such as subcontracting, out-sourcing, using temporary and other staffing firms, and other forms of reconfiguring their workforce have allowed some firms to enjoy short-term competitive advantages. Examples abound. The recent strike by the United Parcel Service (UPS) workers around their treatment as "permanent" temporary employees, the landmark case brought by the misclassified "independent contractor" computer programmers at Microsoft, and the walk-out and strike at Bell Atlantic and General Motors where the companies out-sourced to non-union subsidiaries and threatened to contract-out the work at the strike-bound parts plants, respectively, are but four high-profile examples. Other examples, while receiving less media attention, are no less compelling in the stories they evoke, and include chicken catchers working for a national chicken processing company on the Eastern shore of Maryland that claims the workers are not its employees; home care workers employed by large state and local-funded agencies across the country that fail to pay the workers overtime, and so-called "independent contractor" taxi drivers working for fleet owners in New York City for less than the minimum wage. NationalEmploymentLawProject |
| **** ***** The Role of Temporary Agency Employment in Tight Labor Markets By Susan N. Houseman Arne L Kalleberg George A. Erickson December 2000 revision January 2003 This paper examines the reasons why employers used and even increased their use of temporary help agencies during the tight labor markets of the 1990's. Based on case study evidence from the hospital and auto supply industries, we evaluate various hypotheses for this phenomenon. UpjohnInstitute |
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| * *** The Disposable Workforce: A worker's Perspective In the United States, President Herbert Hoover's promise of a "chicken in every pot" has taken on new meaning over the past several decades as American consumption of poultry has steadily increased. In 1075, per capita consumption of chicken was approximately 40 pounds; by 1996, it was 71.6 pounds and is projected to reach 81 pounds in three years. In 1992, per capita consumption of chicken surpassed that of beef for the first time. In addition to an increasing demand by the American public for white chicken meat, the opening of new international markets within the past decade has further increased the boom in poultry production. The two largest importers of US broilers include Russia, where consumers prefer dark meat and China, where chicken feet have become a delicacy. In sum, poultry processing, although a relatively young industry, has become one of the most profitable industries in the nation. publicjustice.org/ (LUF note: After screen appears click on "The Disposable Workforce and the report will come up.) |