The crossroad of “alternative way of work" which has its roots in the community : the complexity of the concept of work in workers' collective

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  • 地域と暮らしに根ざした、「もう一つの働き方」の岐路 : ワーカーズコレクティブにおける仕事概念の複合性を題材に
  • チイキ ト クラシ ニ ネザシタ 、 「 モウ ヒトツ ノ ハタラキ カタ 」 ノ キロ : ワーカーズコレクティブ ニ オケル シゴト ガイネン ノ フクゴウセイ オ ダイザイ ニ

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英文：The purpose of this article is to examine the structure of concept of “community work” of self-governed and not-for-profit enterprises. Especially focusing on the workers’ collective which has developed in the reproductive fields, such as food and care (for child, aged and others), I will analyze the making process of the concept of “community work”, introduced by the workers’ collective for the explanation of the uniqueness of its activities. Through this analysis, I would like to show you the complexity of its meaning as well as of its significance. The first complexity exists in the concept of wages. In the case of workers’ collective, its works are to be created for the response of needs. Therefore the economic consideration is to be provided as distribution (“bunpaikin” in Japanese), which doesn’t necessarily mean full payment for their work. But at the same time workers’ collective puts the target of effort to achieve the minimum wage or more. The second complexity exists in the respects of decent work. The core members of workers’ collective say that the way of their work is not equal to the ordinary dependent work. But at the same time, they always examine themselves if they fall into the defects of dependent work. The third complexity exists in the role or function of the community works in the welfare system. Community work, on one hand, has its role so that the various needs in community can be satisfied in the accurate way, which will be difficult to be realized by the government, or public agencies. This role is so-called “residue”. But on the other hand community work has the function of intervention to modify or improve the contents and even the way of thinking of the welfare service provided by the public agencies of private sectors.

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