Making fast food : from the frying pan into the fryer
Describes first-hand experiences of a fast-food restaurant and its organization, discussing what matters to those directing large-scale, multi-national corporations; how they enlist the layers of managerial staff; the management techniques used to convince workers they are part of a team engaged in a common challenge; what matters to the women and teenagers who work there; and how the interests of the employees are, or are not, recognized. Analyzes the consequences of the fast-food industry's blueprint of how to live on many spheres of life: women's work, youth employment, the labor movement, the family, and the community
Print Book, English, ©1996
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, ©1996
x, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780773513877, 0773513876
34619700
1. The Market Moves into the Family and the Family Moves into the Market
2. The Restaurant Industry in Canada
3. The Fast Food Invasion
4. Burger King: A Case Study
5. Working in a Burger King Outlet
6. Modern Times in the Hamburger Business
7. Martialling Workers' Loyalty
8. Is This the Work Situation of the Future?