Based on the material obtained from focus group interviews conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, the article analyses the mechanisms used by employers towards employees, as well as the adaptation strategies applied by those in precarious employment in Poland. The authors’ considerations refer to anti-worker changes introduced under the pretext of the pandemic in the capitalist labour market: layoffs and cuts in wages, manifestations of discrimination against precarious workers and the potential attitudes of employee self-defence. The authors conclude that it is almost certain that under the conditions of post-pandemic capitalism, the number of the precariat will grow and the neoliberal system will want to retain as many of the anti-worker solutions introduced in the shadow of the pandemic as possible.

JEL codes

J70, J81, J28

中文翻译：

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不稳定的流行病：COVID-19 和波兰工人的战略掩盖了剥削

根据在 COVID-19 大流行期间进行的焦点小组访谈获得的材料，本文分析了雇主对雇员使用的机制，以及波兰不稳定就业人员采用的适应策略。作者的考虑涉及在资本主义劳动力市场以流行病为借口引入的反工人变革：裁员和减薪、对不稳定工人的歧视表现以及员工自卫的潜在态度。作者得出的结论是，几乎可以肯定的是，在大流行后资本主义的条件下，不稳定者的数量将会增加，新自由主义体系将希望尽可能多地保留在大流行的阴影下引入的反工人解决方案.

JEL 代码

J70、J81、J28