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Many of us try to shoehorn what fulfils us into billable hours. Why can’t we just let work be … work?

The author of “Work Won’t Love You Back" says many solid, middle-class industrial jobs in America are not available anymore, creating a less stable job market.

URL copied to clipboard Twenty years into the 21st century, most people in the west want to have a job that they love. And, vice versa, we expect that this love – our inspiration, devotion and care – will provide us with deep fulfillment, even satisfaction with who we are as individuals and how we lead our lives. Yet very often the opposite happens: the “love what you do” principle supports the exploitation and devaluation of labour, as well as cutting back on social protection and ...

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The politics of everyday life: leisure Work is more intertwined with the rest of our lives than ever. To truly enjoy free time, we must be able to let go of “the realm of necessity”. By Sarah Jaffe When I met Chuckie Denison in 2019, he’d just taken early retirement from General Motors. I was in Ohio to report on the closing of the storied Lordstown factory, where Denison and thousands of others had made cars and which, in the 1960s and 1970s, had a history of rank-and-file rebellion....

The US journalist discusses her new book on how devotion to our jobs keeps us exploited, exhausted and alone.

Love, Labor, Lost A “Red for Ed” teacher solidarity action in Bloomington, Indiana Bold Type Books Two days before a mob of Trump supporters stormed the halls of Congress and drowned out the rest of the news cycle, more than 220 workers at Google announced that they had unionized with the Communications Workers of America. Unsurprisingly, Silicon Valley industry leaders responded with disdain and mockery to the news. Coal miners and meatpacking workers were exploited and needed unions...

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5 Min Read LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” The hokey advice is often dispensed to young people starting a career. But our devotion to work is encouraging exploitation and unhappiness, argues author and journalist Sarah Jaffe. She’s got a point: a passion for a profession can mask sacrifices which aren’t necessarily worth it. An unidentified man using a smart phone walks through Londons Canary Wharf financial d...

“You don’t have to like it,” my late father would tell my siblings and me when we complained about our jobs. “That’s why it’s called work.” His career began in typewriter repair in the 1950s and, after a string of promotions, layoffs, and lateral moves, ended in middle management for a chain of grocery stores. He didn’t have to love his job; he loved us. By showing up to the office every day, he kept his family warm, fed, and educated. For him, that was enough. Over the past few...