Effects of Authority on Workers

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Effects of Authority on Workers In Woe is the American Worker, Walderman describes the bad working treatment of American workers, and criticizes the people who create this situation. Walderman states that workers are treated badly at their jobs. Data proves that the wages of workers today are lower than the wages of workers before 2001. Also, benefits received by workers are less. Workers not only face problems with their financial statuses, but also psychological problems. For example, most employees are treated as suspected criminals. 62 percent of companies in the United States perdorm drug testing on their employees. A company that uses drug testing shows that it does not trust its laborers. Many companies do not believe in their workers; thus, they need to test them once in a while. Workers also show abased attitude toward their employers. Most workers choose to simply do enough work to stay out of trouble. Walderman criticizes many people for causing this situation in the workforce. He criticizes the media for not reporting the labor issues. He states that the media only pays attention to the stock market and the profits of companies, and overlooks the conditions that workers are in. Another group he criticizes is the stock market on Wall Street. The stock market benefits from more profits; so, laying off or taking advantages of labors brings a better profit, it will do so. Jack Welch is an example of the kind of person to blame. As CEO of General Electric, he laid off workers and profited greatly from doing so. He became famous for his large income, but the media did not show the sad stories of the workers he fired to reach his success. The government is criticized as well. Presidential candidates do not talk about the issues regarding of bad treatment of workers, but instead talk only about topics of creating jobs, benefits, and minimum wages. The

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