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The Big Squeeze takes a fresh, probing, and often shocking look at the stresses and strains faced by tens of millions of American workers as wages have stagnated, health and pension benefits have grown stingier, and job security has shriveled.
Going behind the scenes, Steven Greenhouse tells the stories of software engineers in Seattle, hotel housekeepers in Chicago, call center workers in New York, and janitors in Houston, as he explores why, in the world’s most affluent nation, so many corporations are intent on squeezing their workers dry. We meet all kinds of workers: white collar and blue collar, high tech and low tech, middle income and low income; employees who stock shelves during a hurricane while locked inside their store, get fired! after suffering debilitating injuries on the job, face egregious sexual harassment, and get laid off when their companies move high-tech operations abroad. We also meet young workers having a hard time starting out and seventy-year-old workers with too little money saved up to retire.
The book explains how economic, business, political, and social trendsâ€"among them globalization, the influx of immigrants, and the Wal-Mart effectâ€"have fueled the squeeze. We see how the social contract between employers and employees, guaranteeing steady work and good pensions, has eroded over the last three decades, damaged by massive layoffs of factory and office workers and Wall Street’s demands for ever-higher profits. In short, the postâ€"World War II social contract that helped build the world’s largest and most prosperous middle class has been replaced by a startling contradiction: corporate profits, economic growth, and worker productivity have grown strongly while wor! ker pay has languished and Americans face ever-greater pressur! es to wo rk harder and longer.
Greenhouse also examines companies that are generous to their workers and can serve as models for all of corporate America: Costco, Patagonia, and the casino-hotels of Las Vegas among them. Finally, he presents a series of pragmatic, ready-to-be-implemented suggestions on what government, business, and labor should do to alleviate the squeeze.
A balanced, consistently revealing exploration of a major American crisis.2002 compilation includes for the initial pressing a bonus limited edition B-sides disc with 19 tracks, 'Suites From Five Strangers', 'Squabs On Forty Fab', 'Model', 'Spanish Guitar', 'Elephant Girl', 'Trust', 'Yap Yap Yap', 'Fortnight Saga', 'Wedding BeWhy, in the world's most affluent nation, are so many corporations squeezing their employees dry? In this fresh, carefully researched book,
New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse explores the economic, political, and social trends that are transforming America's work! places, including the decline of the social contract that created the world's largest middle class and guaranteed job security and good pensions. We meet all kinds of workersâ€"white-collar and blue-collar, high-tech and low-tech, middle-class and low-incomeâ€"as we see shocking examples of injustice, including employees who are locked in during a hurricane or fired after suffering debilitating, on-the-job injuries.
With pragmatic recommendations on what government, business and labor should do to alleviate the economic crunch,
The Big Squeeze is a balanced, consistently revealing look at a major American crisis.
From the Trade Paperback edition.Why, in the world's most affluent nation, are so many corporations squeezing their employees dry? In this fresh, carefully researched book,
New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse explores the economic, political, and social trends that are transforming America's workplaces,! including the decline of the social contract that created the! world's largest middle class and guaranteed job security and good pensions. We meet all kinds of workersâ€"white-collar and blue-collar, high-tech and low-tech, middle-class and low-incomeâ€"as we see shocking examples of injustice, including employees who are locked in during a hurricane or fired after suffering debilitating, on-the-job injuries.
With pragmatic recommendations on what government, business and labor should do to alleviate the economic crunch,
The Big Squeeze is a balanced, consistently revealing look at a major American crisis.
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