From: Michael Hoover <hoov-AT-freenet.tlh.fl.us> Subject: M-I: Small firms & class consciousness Date: Wed, 6 Aug 97 10:16:55 18000 I read a piece in the local newspaper - Orlando Sentinel - the other day that reported about 96% of the printing & graphic- communication companies in Florida are small, employing fewer than 50 workers...77% of all printing-related businesses in the state employ fewer than 10 people...when added together, they form one of Florida's largest industries employing 81,000 workers and accounting for 16.5% of all manufacturing jobs in the state... I recall reading something a couple of years ago that about 50% of the US labor force works in firms that employ fewer than 50 people...doesn't this circumstance have significance for the development of class consciousness (hence, for mobilizing & organizing)?...Michael -- --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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