Wage Struggle or Abolition of Wage Labor?
On the Political Significance of Labor-Time Accounting
Wage struggles are among the most common and familiar forms of class struggle under capitalism. Workers fight for higher wages, shorter working hours, better working conditions, and social protections. These struggles are real, necessary, and often involve hard-fought confrontations. Yet they remain confined within the social form of capitalism itself. They alter the conditions of exploitation, but not its foundation.
