Relational Exploitation: the Informal Organization of Day Labor Agencies
Relational Exploitation: the Informal Organization of Day Labor Agencies
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10.1111/j.1743-4580.2006.00092.x
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2006-03-01
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Roberts, Wade T.
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Bartley, Tim;Roberts, Wade T.
最近的争议引起了人们对美国日益增长的日工行业的关注。虽然学者和活动家们记录并批评了日工机构将成本外部化到劳动力身上的做法，但对这种工作形式的非正式组织的关注较少。乍一看，日工行业似乎只不过是一个匿名的“现货市场”，但这掩盖了微妙的关系和声誉动态在发挥作用。本文使用定性和定量的证据，揭示了非正式秩序的日间劳动大厅，无家可归的工人所经历的。调度员对工作分配的自由裁量权导致日工采取几种策略来对抗这个市场中的匿名性。我们认为，调度员的工人的忠诚度和可靠性的看法形状的奖励分配，从而插入一个小的稳定措施，这种高度偶然的工作形式。
Recent controversies have drawn attention to the growing day labor industry in the U.S. While academics and activists have documented and criticized day labor agencies' practice of externalizing costs onto the workforce, less attention has been paid to the informal organization of this form of work. At first glance, the day labor industry may appear to be little more than an anonymous "spot market," but this glosses over the subtle relational and reputational dynamics at play. This article uses qualitative and quantitative evidence to uncover the informal order of the day labor hall, as experienced by homeless workers. Dispatcher discretion over the allocation of jobs leads day laborers to adopt several strategies for combating anonymity in this market. We argue that dispatchers' perceptions of workers' loyalty and reliability shape the allocation of rewards, thus inserting a small measure of stability into this highly contingent form of work.