CONTINGENT CHICAGO: RESTRUCTURING THE SPACES OF TEMPORARY LABOR

PECK, JAMIE;THEODORE, NIK

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, n.º 3/2001, pág. 471

1. Introduction: shitty jobs in a booming economy.2. Reflexive restructuring: temp agencies and contingentlabor markets. 3. Extracting surplus: the political economyof the hiring hall. 4. Delivering workers: geographies oflabor contingency. 5. Conclusion: temp agencies and theregulation of contingent labor markets.