From Faceless to In-Your-Face Bosses: Work in Neo-Feudal America [review essay]

The article reviews "Coerced: Work under Threat of Punishment," by Erin Hatton, "Bite Back: People Taking on Corporate Food and Winning," edited by Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master, "Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy," by Alexandra J. Ravenelle, "Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work," by Alex Rosenblat, and "Bandage, Sort and Hustle: Ambulance Crews on the Front Line of Human Suffering," by Josh Seim. "Beginning in 2018, the University of California Press has published a series of books under the general title of 'Labor in a Time of Crisis.' They examine employment and related issues of those who engage with Uber, TaskRabbit, Kitchensurfing and Airbnb; food workers; prisoners, workfare workers (welfare recipients), college athletes, science graduate students; and ambulance crews....These five works document different dimensions of the nature of work in neo-feudal America." --From author's introduction and conclusion.

Publisher: Département des relations industrielles de l’Université Laval