“ The number of unemployed men who are ready to do the work makes them powerless to fight for better treatment. ”
George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London (1933). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
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| Source | Down and Out in Paris and London |
| Topic | treatment work |
| Date | 1933 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100171.txt |
Context
“it is hard work, especially in windy weather, and there is no skulking, for an inspector comes round frequently to see that the men are on their beats. To add to their troubles, they are only engaged by the day, or sometimes for three days, never weekly, so that they have to wait hours for their job every morning. The number of unemployed men who are ready to do the work makes them powerless to fight for better treatment. The job all sandwich men covet is distributing handbills, which is paid for at the same rate. When you see a man distributing handbills you can do him a good turn by taking one, for he goes off duty when he has distributed all his bills.”
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