From: Gerald A. Levy (Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Mon May 17 2004 - 08:26:41 EDT
Hi Mike L. > That's not the issue--- it's whether the macworker is in the sphere of > production or the sphere of circulation. If that's the issue, then I'd have to say that [most] macworkers are in the sphere of production. They transform the use-value of food by cooking and preparing it so that it becomes distinctly different commodities. They are also wage-workers who are employed by capital. Why wouldn't we consider them to be productive of surplus value? While it is true that the spheres of production and circulation can both exist within a single location (in this case, a local MacDonalds franchise) and while it is true that some of the same workers may work in both spheres (e.g. there can be job rotation whereby some hours individual workers perform labor in the kitchen and other hours their labor can be performed a few steps away entirely at a cash register) most workers and most labor hours are engaged in something more than distributing commodities by means of money. As with just about any capitalist firm, some proportion of the wage- labor force is _not_ productive of surplus value, however. Is this particularly controversial? Don't other list members believe that [most] macworkers are productive? In solidarity, Jerry
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