Portside

'It’s true that we are in the middle of a seismic shift in the way we structure our work lives. Both workers and employers want more flexibility. But that similarity of interests shouldn’t mask the fact that employers will always have more power than their employees, and that it’s in their interests to make those employees work as long and as cheaply as possible.'

Jefferson Cowie,
professor of labor history at Cornell,
author of “Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s
and the Last Days of the Working Class.”