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[...] As the personal computer business grew, a major union, the Communications Workers, attempted to organize Microsoft’s Seattle professionals, but had little success, even though the company had just instituted a two-tier salary structure. The first tier enjoyed more or less secure employment an…

In the health care field, however, as doctors have increasingly become salaried employees rather than self-employed and nurses have played a more central role in the delivery of services to patients, the main grievances are no longer about income. Doctors and nurses are very interested in workplace…

In the health care field, however, as doctors have increasingly become salaried employees rather than self-employed and nurses have played a more central role in the delivery of services to patients, the main grievances are no longer about income. Doctors and nurses are very interested in workplace…

[...] Craftspeople and semiskilled operatives were once central to industrial production and services. Today, engineers, scientists, and managers control them, through computer and other electronically mediated technologies. This shift was recognized as early as 1921, in Thorstein Veblen’s book _En…

[...] Even in some unionized workplaces—never mind the vast majority of nonunion private sector plants and offices—the power to hire and fire belongs exclusively to the boss. U.S. unions have agreed to two-tier wage systems and wage freezes and for the most part have not resisted the runaway shop. …