Friday, December 8, 2017

‘To work or not to work’〜Precariat Union puts out a comic book on labor



 
 Abenomics? Vibrant economy? Job hunters have the upper hand? Which society are we talking about? I am a member of the Employment Ice Age and not even benefitting from the “vibrant economy.” Every day I go to work at a factory as a temp and come home to my lonely apartment. I fall into my room packed with things, which I have thought to clean up almost every weekend but can’t seem to get to it due to extreme fatigue. In the comic book, there are so many situations described that I sympathize, but I see the status quo so severe I can hardly imagine. “If I stay home, utilities cost,” or “I wonder if a library is warmer.” The author looks around him and plants a seed of solidarity with a few co-workers. But by those who “want to work hard” and who “ want to be good” pluck the buds of solidarity. Looking at the competition of cheap labor, he wonders, “What are they trying to sell cheaply?” (By Ichihanahana) 



労働の本質を実感から鋭く~プレカリアート・コミック『働く、働かない、働けば』
アベノミクス? 好景気? 就活の売り手市場?
どこの世界の話だろう。著者はもうすぐ不惑の年を迎える就職氷河期世代。カギカッコ付きの好景気の恩恵に、かすりもしない。派遣で工場へ働きに行っては、誰もいないアパートの部屋に帰る毎日。心身共にすり減らして「今週末こそ片付けよう」と思いながら、モノが散乱する部屋の中に倒れこむ。同世代で、日雇で糊口をしのいだこともある私にとっては共感できる「あるある話」も多々あるが、想像を超える厳しい状況に著者が置かれていることも伝わってくる。「家で過ごすと電気代かかる」「図書館あったかいかな」。そして著者の視線は、身の回りの半径数メートルから、その先へと広がって行く。職場に一人や二人はいる「がんばりたい人」「優等生でいたい人」が団結の萌芽を摘むこと。労賃の安売り競争をしている派遣業者たちを見て「何を買い叩かれているんだろう」。(壱花花)

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