This radical look at the inhumanity & humiliation that accompanies assembly like work has created controversial debate in France and is equally applicable to every industrial country. It also tells the story of a remarkable experiment. When the students revolted in Paris in 1968, one of the militant factions that hoped the confrontation would lead to radical change in society called itself "The Establishment". It's members believed that the failure of this mini-revolution, which the communist party boycotted, was caused by the failure of the French working class to make common cause with the students. This group, consisting of left wing middle class intellectuals, then decided to infiltrate the working class.

The Assembly Line is the personal story of Robert Linhart's entry into the Citroen factory at Choisy and what happened to him there. It is perhaps the most revealing description of work on an assembly line ever published, showing the tensions created by work conditions and the hostility of management to any change or amelioration in either the social or working conditions of its employees. The book is both a description and a warning which has excited great interest in France and has now been translated into many languages.

I can only read to page 21 as it wants me to pay to read more.

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the trail pages made me want to read some thing .

It's a bit sad to think that our cars of freedom and happiness came from such a terrible place though.