On a fine sunny weekend day, sitting comfortably in a coffee shop and observing the employees were executing their activities autonomically , a barista making his coffee for the customers, a cashier swiftly working on the till, a manager ensuring the satisfaction of their customers. I overheard a conversation where two gentlemen where in a discussion over labor practices in Canada. Exemplifying the barista serving the drinks. The barista stood there for hours with a smile and accepting all instructions, complements even bitter words of annoyed customers and their manager. Serving all sorts of people from varying classes and their associated powers, I started to think where do I belong in this picture and if it was one I had witnessed prior
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For example in India if you belong to the upper class of capitalists, professionals, managers and supervisors, there is special provision for them at all places. Whether its services provided in government office, public appearances or even at medical institutions the capitalists always receive preference over the middle and working class.. Belonging to the capitalist class I never saw the suffering endured by the working class people associated with the blue-collar work, the employment they are associated with involves a great chance of risk and the primary source where the accumulation of wealth begins for the capitalists; Zweig defines capitalist as “those who own and operate major corporations … they have the power to control work lives of their employees, most of them are working class people ”.( Zweig, Chapter 1, pg. 6). This shows the extend to which the power of capitalists can influence key decisions being made in favour of the working class by the government. During the Ford strike in Ontario where 10,000 employees decided to strike Ford convinced the government to use force to break the strike and the government in confidence did deliver RCPM to break the strike. Understanding that its the working class means “ are people who are in common situation in [the] social structures, one without much power. To be in a place of relative vulnerability-on the job, in the market, in politics and culture”. (Zweig, Chapter 1 Page 8). Zweig identifies the costs that are associated with being a common person and to what extend its a curse to belong to the working class. Its these working class individuals that make large empires such as Rome in the past and a modern day marvel like Dubai with its skyscrapers and an advanced infrastructural
For example in India if you belong to the upper class of capitalists, professionals, managers and supervisors, there is special provision for them at all places. Whether its services provided in government office, public appearances or even at medical institutions the capitalists always receive preference over the middle and working class.. Belonging to the capitalist class I never saw the suffering endured by the working class people associated with the blue-collar work, the employment they are associated with involves a great chance of risk and the primary source where the accumulation of wealth begins for the capitalists; Zweig defines capitalist as “those who own and operate major corporations … they have the power to control work lives of their employees, most of them are working class people ”.( Zweig, Chapter 1, pg. 6). This shows the extend to which the power of capitalists can influence key decisions being made in favour of the working class by the government. During the Ford strike in Ontario where 10,000 employees decided to strike Ford convinced the government to use force to break the strike and the government in confidence did deliver RCPM to break the strike. Understanding that its the working class means “ are people who are in common situation in [the] social structures, one without much power. To be in a place of relative vulnerability-on the job, in the market, in politics and culture”. (Zweig, Chapter 1 Page 8). Zweig identifies the costs that are associated with being a common person and to what extend its a curse to belong to the working class. Its these working class individuals that make large empires such as Rome in the past and a modern day marvel like Dubai with its skyscrapers and an advanced infrastructural