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The Employee - A Political History (Hardcover)
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The Employee - A Political History (Hardcover)
Series: Politics and Culture in Modern America
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A political, legal, intellectual, and social history of employment
in America In the present age of temp work, telecommuting, and
outsourcing, millions of workers in the United States find
themselves excluded from the category of "employee"-a crucial
distinction that would otherwise permit unionization and collective
bargaining. Tracing the history of the term since its entry into
the public lexicon in the nineteenth century, Jean-Christian Vinel
demonstrates that the legal definition of "employee" has always
been politically contested and deeply affected by competing claims
on the part of business and labor. Unique in the Western world,
American labor law is premised on the notion that "no man can serve
two masters"-workers owe loyalty to their employer, which in many
cases is incompatible with union membership. The Employee: A
Political History historicizes this American exception to
international standards of rights and liberties at work, revealing
a little known part of the business struggle against the New Deal.
Early on, progressives and liberals developed a labor regime that,
intending to restore amicable relations between employer and
employee, sought to include as many workers as possible in the
latter category. But in the 1940s this language of social harmony
met with increasing resistance from businessmen, who pressed their
interests in Congress and the federal courts, pushing for an
ever-narrower definition of "employee" that excluded groups such as
foremen, supervisors, and knowledge workers. A cultural and
political history of American business and law, The Employee sheds
historical light on contemporary struggles for economic democracy
and political power in the workplace.
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