The end of loyalty : the rise and fall of good jobs in America
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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, [2017].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781586489144, 1586489143
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vii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Lawson McGhee Library - Books
331.700973 WART
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331.700973 WART
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331.700973 WART
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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781586489144, 1586489143

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-392) and index.
Description
In this richly detailed and eye-opening book, Rick Wartzman chronicles the erosion of the relationship between American companies and their workers. Through the stories of four major employers--General Motors, General Electric, Kodak, and Coca-Cola--he shows how big businesses once took responsibility for providing their workers and retirees with an array of social benefits. At the height of the post-World War II economy, these companies also believed that worker pay needed to be kept high in order to preserve morale and keep the economy humming. Productivity boomed. But the corporate social contract didn't last. By tracing the ups and downs of these four corporate icons over seventy years, Wartzman illustrates just how much has been lost: job security and steadily rising pay, guaranteed pensions, robust health benefits, and much more. Charting the Golden Age of the 1950s and 1960s; the turbulent years of the 1970s and 1980s; and the growth of downsizing, outsourcing, and instability in the modern era, Wartzman's narrative is a biography of the American Dream gone sideways. Deeply researched and compelling, The End of Loyalty will make you rethink how Americans can begin to resurrect the middle class.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wartzman, R. (2017). The end of loyalty: the rise and fall of good jobs in America (First edition.). PublicAffairs.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wartzman, Rick. 2017. The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America. PublicAffairs.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wartzman, Rick. The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America PublicAffairs, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wartzman, Rick. The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America First edition., PublicAffairs, 2017.

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