Fifty Years Of Work and the Workplace

Work and the Workplace

The evolution of employment, which has undergone greater changes over the past five decades than during the Industrial Revolution, as companies abandon the patriarchal practices of yesteryear in favour of a virtual workplace where the computer is king. Former factory hands recall the balmy days of job security before economic instability, the demise of pit communities and the rise of union power heralded the start of a more competitive era