{"product_id":"data-and-democracy-at-work-advanced-information-technologies-labor-law-and-the-new-working-class-9780262545136","title":"Data and Democracy at Work: Advanced Information Technologies, Labor Law, and the New Working Class","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of how major companies have used advanced information technologies to limit worker power, and how labor law reform could reverse that trend.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs our economy has shifted away from industrial production and service industries have become dominant, many of the nation's largest employers are now in fields like retail, food service, logistics, and hospitality. These companies have turned to data-driven surveillance technologies that operate over a vast distance, enabling cheaper oversight of massive numbers of workers. \u003ci\u003eData and Democracy at Work \u003c\/i\u003eargues that companies often use new data-driven technologies as a power resource--or even a tool of class domination--and that our labor laws allow them to do so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmployers have established broad rights to use technology to gather data on workers and their performance, to exclude others from accessing that data, and to use that data to refine their managerial strategies. Through these means, companies have suppressed workers' ability to organize and unionize, thereby driving down wages and eroding working conditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLabor law today encourages employer dominance in many ways--but labor law can also be reformed to become a tool for increased equity. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent Great Resignation have indicated an increased political mobilization of the so-called essential workers of the pandemic, many of them service industry workers. This book describes the necessary legal reforms to increase workers' associational power and democratize workplace data, establishing more balanced relationships between workers and employers and ensuring a brighter and more equitable future for us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrishen Rogers is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. His recent scholarship has been published in leading law reviews including the \u003ci\u003eYale Law Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eTexas Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written for the \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOnlabor.org\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Political Economy Blog\u003c\/i\u003e, or lpeblog.org. Professor Rogers' scholarship has also been cited in landmark decisions by the California Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50508911477010,"sku":"9780262545136","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6149e0c-00c5-404b-8cff-6fd93097c8e5.jpg?v=1730882268","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/data-and-democracy-at-work-advanced-information-technologies-labor-law-and-the-new-working-class-9780262545136","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}