Lines of Work
Stories of Jobs and Resistance
Edited by Scott Nikolas Nappalos
Half our waking hours are spent on the job, consuming the lion's share of our time. Our years are woven with stories of work told around the dinner table, breakroom, and bars. Yet these stories are rarely put into print, investigated, or seen as they should be; as part of workers' activity to understand and change their lot under capitalism.
LINES OF WORK offers a rare look at life and social relationships viewed from the cubicle, cash register, hospital, factory, and job site. Drawn from the writings of Recomposition, an online project of worker radicals, the text brings together organizers from a handful of countries sharing their experiences with the trouble of working and fighting back.
Rather than professional writers or activists, the authors are workers reflecting on their experiences, aspirations, and how to improve our situation. Through storytelling, they draw out the lessons of workplace woes, offering new paths and perspectives for social change and a new world.
Date of publication: 2013
32 stories by 21 authors!
ISBN 978-1-926878-13-3
20.5 cm x 13.2 cm; 326 g
242 pp, perfect-bound
$19.95
Contents
| Speaking Stories of Toil and Struggle: an Introduction | Scott Nikolas Nappalos |
| Holding the line: informal pace setting in the workplace | Juan Conatz |
| Fighting and Firings | Phinneas Gage |
| “Ok, which exit is it?” | Erik Forman |
| Credit Crunched | Anonymous |
| Cake | Monica Kostas |
| Working for the revolution? | David Mueler |
| Working at Artistry | Madaline Dreyfus |
| Pissing Blood: Work Sucks | Abbey Volcano |
| Like Robins are to Spring | Grace Parker |
| No eres una loba | Scott Nikolas Nappalos |
| Ce n’est pas un pays, c’est l’hiver | Invisible Man |
| Green Onions | Invisible Man |
| The Work and the Job | Dan Knutson |
| Sexual Harassment | Grace Parker |
| What Do You Do For a Living | Frank Edgewick |
| Buying into the Bullshit | Natalie |
| Caring: A labour of stolen time | JOMO |
| Swept Under The Rug and Left for Dead | Lou Rinaldi |
| Occupy Everything for Everyone | Nate Hawthorne |
| Playing for keeps | Madaline Dreyfus |
| Coping with Clopening | Liberte Locke |
| And I am still sleepy | Al Tucker |
| Off the Clock | J. Rogue |
| Work Dreams | Scott Nikolas Nappalos |
| Reflections on Dream Baking and Sleep Deprivation | Besherelle et la Lutte |
| Even My Dreams These Days Have Work-Related Scenes | Lou Rinaldi |
| Good Morning Sweetheart | Nate Hawthorne |
| Alarm Clock | Invisible Man |
| Let me sleep on it | Phineas Gage |
| Bathrooms | Gayge Operaista |
| Who Dismisses the Teacher? | P. Barbanegra |
| ‘Bout to Explode | Juan Conatz |