LABRST 2C03 Lecture Notes - Welfare Capitalism, Profit Sharing, Industrial Unionism
16 Oct 2013
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Jobs and segmented labour markets october 10, 2013. Labour markets: independent primary bureaucratic system of control, subordinate primary technical system of control, secondary simple system of control. Systems of control made up of three: direction. Mechanism or method by which the employer directs work tasks, specifying what needs to be done, in what order, with what degree of precision or accuracy, and in what time period: evaluation. Procedure whereby the employer supervises and evaluates to correct mistakes or other failures in production, to assess each worker"s performance, and to identify individual workers or groups of workers who are not performing work tasks satisfactorily: discipline. Apparatus that the employer uses to discipline and reward workers, in order to elicit cooperation and enforce compliance with capitalist"s direction of the labour process. Employee representation via industrial councils: involve workers in decision, discipline, grievances, sanitation, health services, safety, recreation, council decisions not binding to company, only suggestions.
