25 canzoni sul lavoro

“There’s room at the top, they are telling you still, but first you must learn how to smile as you kill if you want to be like the folks on the hill…

John Lennon, “Working Class Hero”

Tanti sono i motivi, tutti urgenti e necessari. Il lavoro nella società del mercato libero (ma sarebbe meglio dire “senza regole”) è ridiventato una merce di scambio. Non è la base su cui costruire una vita dignitosa, ma una miserabile e precaria e momentanea ancora di salvataggio per non morire del tutto. E’ stato deciso così, è stato voluto così. Se la gente è precaria, si organizza meno, pensa meno, riflette meno. E’ tutta presa e trafelata a rincorrere il quotidiano. E quello che era un valore: il lavoro, è diventato un’elemosina, che si può perdere da un momento all’altro.

In questo senso, il lavoro è degradato in questo senso il degrado del proprio lavoro e della propria vita diventa degrado di se stessi.

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Letteratura:

Paolo Soglia, A caccia di orologi, 1998

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Filmografia:

Stefano Obino, Il vangelo secondo Precario (2005)

Fugal dal Call center

Massimo Venier, Generazione 1000 Euro

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Musica:

“Maggie’s Farm”–Bob Dylan

“Career Opportunities”–The Clash

“Diary Of A Working Man”–Blackfoot

Diary of a Working Man – Lyrics:

In a room all alone, waiting by the telephone
With a tear in his eye and a pen in his hand
So begins the diary, of a working man

He’d been poor man all his life
And just when things were going right
Some stranger takes his woman away
He doesn’t know if he’ll see, oh another day
Oh another day

Time has come and it was right
It was a cold and rainy, night
And he thought for sure she would follow
But it won’t be the same no, tomorrow

Now here’s a man glory bound
In a pool of dreams about to drown
If he can just get through this night
Then maybe tomorrow things, will work out right
Oh, will work out right

Well, with the pain in his blood
He’d love to take her if he could
And as he wakes with a scream
To only realize it’s just reality

He woke with sweaty hands
Maybe there’ll be a change in plans
With a tear in his eye and a gun in his hand
So ends the diary, of a workingman

Written By: Rick Medlocke & Jackson Spires

“Blood On The Bricks”– Iron City Houserockers

“Working On The Road”– Ten Years After

“Working Man”– Rush

“Workin’ For MCA”– Lynyrd Skynyrd

“Chain Gang”– Sam Cooke

“Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

”–Styx“She Works Hard For The Money”– Donna Summer

“Workin’ For A Livin’”– Huey Lewis And The News

“Slave To The Grind”– Skid Row

“Salt Of The Earth” – The Rolling Stones

“Finest Worksong”– R.E.M.

“Welcome To The Working Week”– Elvis Costello

“Factory” – Bruce Springsteen

Early in the morning factory whistle blows
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes
Man takes his lunch, walks out in the morning light
It’s the working, the working, just the working life

Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain
I see my daddy walking towards them factory gates in the rain
Factory takes his hearing, but he understands
He’s a working, a working, just a working man

End of the day, factory whistle cries
Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes
And you just better believe, boy, somebody’s gonna get hurt tonight
It’s the working, the working, it’s the working life
Cause it’s the working, the working, just the working life
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm

Working For The Weekend”– Loverboy

“Dead End Street”– The Kinks

“Takin’ Care Of Business”– Bachman Turner Overdrive

“It’s Not My Place (In The 9 To 5 World)” – The Ramones

“Cleaning Windows”– Van Morrison

“God Damn Job”– The Replacements

“9 To 5″ – Dolly Parton

“Working Class Hero” – John Lennon

“Let’s Work”– Mick Jagger

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Bibliografia:

Dizionario Enciclopedico Italiano. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Vol. VI, Voci Lavoratore, Lavoro

Il lavoro parasubordinato, Santoro Passarelli G., Franco Angeli, 1979

Diritto del lavoro. 2. Il rapporto di lavoro subordinato, Carinci F., De Luca Tamajo R., Tosi P., Treu T., UTET, Quarta edizione 1998, Ristampa 2000

Il lavoro autonomo. Contratto d’opera e professioni intellettuali, Perulli A., Giuffré, 1996

L’uomo e il lavoro nella nuova società, Zampetti P.L., Rusconi, 1984

Subordinazione e diritto del lavoro. Problemi storico-critici, Spagnuolo Vigorita L., Morano, 1967

Accornero A., Lavoro flessibile: cosa pensano davvero imprenditori e manager, Ediesse, Roma, 2001

La tutela dei diritti nel processo del lavoro, I. I diritti individuali nel processo di cognizione, AA. VV., dell’Olio M. (a cura di), contributi di Ferrari P. e Piccinini I., Giappichelli, 2006, Terza edizione

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