| Reshaping the North American Automobile Industry: Restructuring, Corporatism, and Union Democracy in Mexico Contributor(s): Tuman, John P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 082645318X ISBN-13: 9780826453181 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $237.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2003 Annotation: This work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America. The focus is on the automobile industry in Mexico, which, because of its size and importance, is viewed as a strategic sector of the Mexican economy and was the focal point of talks between the US, Canada and Mexico during negotiations on NAFTA. Focusing on the period from 1980, John P. Tuman examines the changes implemented by firms to promote export production, he explores reasons for the variation in labour responses to restructuring, and he discusses the prospects for cross-border organizing and cooperation among automobile workers in Canada, the US and Mexico. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Business & Economics | Labor - Business & Economics | Management - General |
| Dewey: 331.881 |
| LCCN: 2002073315 |
| Series: Employment and Work Relations in Context (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.4" W x 9.46" (1.00 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America. The focus is on the automobile industry in Mexico, which, because of its size and importance, is viewed as a strategic sector of the Mexican economy and was the focal point of talks between the US, Canada and Mexico during negotiations on NAFTA. Focusing on the period from 1980, John P. Tuman examines the changes implemented by firms to promote export production, he explores reasons for the variation in labour responses to restructuring, and he discusses the prospects for cross-border organizing and co-operation among automobile workers in Canada, the US and Mexico. |