Working and living conditions under the Five-Year Plans: the quicksand society and solving labour problems
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- Created on: 02-05-18 13:41
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The 'quicksand society'
- The majority of new workers were peasants: by 1932, 50% of the labour force was made up of peasants
- If the peasants could find a better offer of work, lodgings and food elsewhere, they moved on
- There was a phenomenal turnover of labour: in the coal industry in 1930, the average worker moved jobs 3 times a year
- Ex-peasants found it difficult to adapt to factory work as they lacked basic skills of timekeeping and punctuality
- In 1931, it was estimated that less than 7% of…
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