Women on the LineRoutledge |
Contents
Chapter One A factory job | 1 |
Chapter Two The company | 6 |
Chapter Three Jobs on the line | 9 |
Chapter Four Getting to know the women | 26 |
Chapter Five The division of labour | 46 |
Chapter Six The dictatorship of production | 59 |
Chapter Seven Bonus and wages | 75 |
Chapter Eight The union and the dispute | 82 |
Chapter Nine What to make of it? | 95 |
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