Too many hours, erratic schedules, not enough hours — and, of course, not enough pay: if you’re a worker in the U.S, time feels like the enemy. Yet, as sociologist Jamie McCallum argues, U.S. workers tend not to see their plight as a collective one and, in a particularly American way, often wear overwork as a badge of honor.
Resources:
Jamie K McCallum, Worked Over: How Round-the-Clock Work Is Killing the American Dream Basic Books, 2020