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Understanding Fair Labor Practices In A Networked Age, Tamara Kneese Oct 2014

Understanding Fair Labor Practices In A Networked Age, Tamara Kneese

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Unionization emerged as a way of protecting labor rights when society shifted from an agricultural ecosystem to one shaped by manufacturing and industrial labor. New networked work complicates the organizing mechanisms that are inherent to unionization. How then do we protect laborers from abuse, poor work conditions, and discrimination?