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Retirement on the Line : Age, Work, and Value in an American Factory.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801464096
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Retirement on the LineDDC classification:
  • 331.3/9887283209744
LOC classification:
  • HD6281
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Cast of Characters -- Introduction: Making Needles, Making Lives -- Part I: Up the Stairs -- Pigeonholed by Jim Downey -- 1. Making Money for Fred: Productivity, People, and Purpose -- 2. Antique Machinery and Antique People: The Vita Needle Family -- 3. No Chains on the Seats: Freedom and Flexibility -- Part II: In the Press -- 4. Riding the Gray Wave: Global Interest in Vita Needle -- 5. Rosa, a National Treasure: Agency in the Face of Media Stardom -- Conclusion: Vita's Larger Lessons -- Postscript -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: In Retirement on the Line, Caitrin Lynch explores what Vita Needle's commitment to an elderly workforce means for the employer, the workers, the community, and society more generally.
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Intro -- Contents -- Cast of Characters -- Introduction: Making Needles, Making Lives -- Part I: Up the Stairs -- Pigeonholed by Jim Downey -- 1. Making Money for Fred: Productivity, People, and Purpose -- 2. Antique Machinery and Antique People: The Vita Needle Family -- 3. No Chains on the Seats: Freedom and Flexibility -- Part II: In the Press -- 4. Riding the Gray Wave: Global Interest in Vita Needle -- 5. Rosa, a National Treasure: Agency in the Face of Media Stardom -- Conclusion: Vita's Larger Lessons -- Postscript -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

In Retirement on the Line, Caitrin Lynch explores what Vita Needle's commitment to an elderly workforce means for the employer, the workers, the community, and society more generally.

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