Who is a worker nowadays?

Dennis Robert Redmond dredmond at efn.org
Wed Jan 9 19:28:42 PST 2002


On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, John K. Taber wrote:


> worker if one earns above a certain, vaguely defined amount.
> Thus, a waitress is a worker, while an engineer isn't.

Eh? Who argued that? There are as many kinds of work in this world as the global division of labor allows for, and that division is mind-boggling complex. Heck, even CEOs, to the extent they make crucial managerial decisions, qualify as (extremely privileged) workers.

-- Dennis



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