GGR328H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Class Conflict, United Automobile Workers, Scientific Management
19 Sep 2017
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Lecture 2 - the labour process and fordism. Labour process is unity of productive forces, social relations, and mental conceptions of the world: illustrated nicely by david harvey ex. Under capitalism, workers are free to sell their labour power for a wage: exchange their capacity to work. How do employers gain control in the workplace: worker objectives: reproduction, preserving autonomy and creativity, must have a balance of gaining consent and maintaining control. Braverman (influential historical thinker on the labour process) No incentive to work to maximum potential or capacity because of little rewards for individual assets or creativity: ex. Lack of care/respect or connection to employer: causes, fear of job displacement, natural soldiering (people are lazy, systematic soldiering (people reason and develop strategies on how to deal with workplace) Taylorism at work today: the case of amazon (quintessential example of how alive.
