Student workers: a new invisible proletariat? Evidence from the French case

Contrepois, Sylvie (2015) Student workers: a new invisible proletariat? Evidence from the French case. Forum Socjologiczne, 1 (1). pp. 119-132. ISSN 2083-7763

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The number of students present on the labour market tends to increase significantly as the duration of studies is growing. This article offers insights into specific issues related to student workforce employment rights and mobilization. Using the data gathered in France during an EU funded research project, it reveals that students have a very specific approach to their work precariousness. Their main motivations turns to be outside of the workplace where they are only temporarily inserted and they prove very reluctant to act to improve their working conditions. Trade unions attitudes towards them vary from rejection to feeble support.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	All material is copyright and unless otherwise stated should not be altered, used for commercial purposes, or redistributed beyond the access of a single individual.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Student workforce; student trade unions; Student jobs; Labour market; France
Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 320 Political science 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics 300 Social sciences > 360 Social problems & services; associations
Department:	School of Social Sciences (to June 2021) School of Social Sciences and Professions
Depositing User:	Sylvie Contrepois
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2016 10:39
Last Modified:	19 Jul 2021 16:03
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/913

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