THE NEW WORKING CLASS

PEOPLE IN PRECARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

Veronika Bohrn Mena has been a full-time member of the GPA-djp trade union since 2013, specialising in atypical employment, was previously chairwoman of the Generation Internship platform and has been involved in the Austrian Student Union.
After seven years of intensive research into precarious employment, atypical work, segmentation processes and changes in the world of work, including their effects, the author is now making her findings available to a broad readership in book form.

Moderation Robert Misik, Author and journalist

The world of work is increasingly characterised by fear and uncertainty. More than ten per cent of employees fear that they will lose their job within the next six months. Fixed-term contracts and atypical employment are on the rise. Women are even more affected than men. The standard employment relationship that the labour movement fought hard for is in danger of disappearing.
What do starvation wages, a lack of legal protection and a lack of social security mean for those affected and their families, and what strategies are there to combat this?

Veronika Bohrn Mena
The new working class. People in precarious circumstances
ÖGB-Verlag, Series: Studies and Reports, 2018
ISBN 978-3-99046-325-3; 19,90 €