"Along with fast-food workers, retail workers are capturing the attention of the public and the media with the Fight for $15. Like fast-food workers, retail workers are underpaid, and fewer than 5 percent of them belong to unions. In Hard Sell, Peter Ikeler traces the low-wage, …
From union renewal to the service labor process -- The making of big-box retail -- The not-so-hidden abode: work organization at Macy's and Target -- Carrots, sticks, and workers: the relations of employment -- Toward a regime of contingent control -- Class consciousness on the …
HARD SELL -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. All Quiet on the Service Front? -- 2. The Making of Big-Box Retail -- 3. The Not-So-Hidden Abode: Work Organization at Macy's and Target -- 4. Carrots, Sticks, and Workers: The Relations of Employment -- 5. …
"Along with fast-food workers, retail workers are capturing the attention of the public and the media with the Fight for $15. Like fast-food workers, retail workers are underpaid, and fewer than 5 percent of them belong to unions. In Hard Sell, Peter Ikeler traces the low-wage, …