Word: pieceworkers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plant has what Dedkov calls "a fund for economic stimulation." The fund rewards brigades of productive workers with bonuses called the "thirteenth pay" at year's end. Inducements to greater output are also built into the wage system. Most employees of the Minsk factory are paid a piecework rate for each item they produce. The amount is determined by the quality of the work, the number of pieces turned out and whether that exceeds production norms. Dedkov claims that managers are very careful before they raise goals so that a worker does not end up receiving less...
...people at Almex have a lot of things going for them. They have proved that workers are capable of running the actual production on their own. Productivity has increased even though they went from piecework rates to hourly wages. Profits are up. The company does not have to pay for foremen, ratesetters and all of this bureaucracy that most companies have created to control their workers...