Sometimes "Flexibility" and "Adaptibility" are meant to make us feel heard and accommodated in our workspaces, but we must remember that the bosses won't do anything that is not economically sound. There is much emphasis on these "elastic" approaches by management and we really are meant to feel that we are a priority and not only cheap labour. But the facts are there, right in front of our faces. It is in the best interest of the company to use these strategies to make their businesses more profitable. To make us, as labour, more accessible, more of the time.
Another aspect of these flexible initiatives that we don't really think about often, is the fact that, by having these "accommodating" and irregular schedules, we are accepting less and less stability and accountability from our employers, as they do not have to create consistent structures or permanent, reliable schedules. We are in fact allowing our own job security to remain forever beyond our reach as a workforce.
I will attach this essay on precarity, because it is absolutely about all of us.
precarity-and-its-vicissitudes >>> The Mainlander
We will collectively confront specific grievances or problems that arise in our workplaces in Vancouver. Jobs like ours (gendered/low income/service industry labour) are the ones that allow these empires to exist and expand. We are currently running an industry wide call out to all sympathetic coffee shop workers. We work with "direct unionism" principles and IWW tactics.
