Monitoring flows, controlling humans
Understanding in what way and how a so-called work activity is productive and socially recognized as such is essential to describe the mode of social regulation of this activity, within the workshop, the company, and the entire society. But to achieve this, the technicality of work needs to be grasped. This is the approach that we shall develop here, starting with an analysis of monitoring and control work observed in different chemical and nuclear facilities, in order to reflect on the problems of salary organization in this kind of company.