Family allowances were promoted as making male workers more reliable and strike-resistant.

Evidence

The ILO stressed the benefits of this social model for both state and capital: family allowances would promote the health of the population and ensure social stability, the report argued, as men who supported families at home would be more reliable workers (and presumably less likely to go on strike.) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 189

Categorization

• SHARE: A sharp, narrow tidbit for anyone interested in welfare’s disciplinary origins: family allowances sold as anti-strike policy.
• XREF: connects to: Working men tolerate their own status but hope their children will rise above it. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2175; Individual workers’ decisions to strike are backed by their whole families and populations — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 15; Workers derive status from their power to disrupt and survive the economy (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Individual workers’ decisions to strike are backed by their whole families and populations #complicates (0.80) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 15
• Working men tolerate their own status but hope their children will rise above it. #complicates (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2175
• Workers derive status from their power to disrupt and survive the economy #complicates (0.75)