Fighting For Jobs: Case Studies of Labor-Community Coalitions Confronting Plant ClosingsSUNY Press, 1995 M01 1 - 215 páginas This book examines the struggle of unions and communities to save jobs in plant-closing situations in the 1980s. The unusual depth of the research allows the reader to grasp the key factors affecting such battles in an era of industrial restructuring. It contains new insights into "early warning" signs, their recognition and importance; the role of labor-management relations in both shutdown decisions and efforts to save the plant; the importance of corporate structure and strategy; the part played by economic market factors; and the role of local government, both potential and actual. The book concludes with an analysis of the current trends affecting labor-community activism of this type. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
Military Conversion and the Shutdown of the BlawKnox Steel Foundry | 19 |
Public Subsidy Abuse at the Combustion Engineering Plant | 45 |
Successorship and Managerial Competence at the Stratojac Plant | 69 |
Struggle to Reopen the Hammond LTV Bar Mill | 87 |
Preventing a Department Relocation at the LaSalle Steel Plant | 109 |
Comparing the Cases Critical Factors | 133 |
Problem Definition Alliance Formation Mobilization and the Significance of LaborCommunity Coalitions | 157 |
Notes | 177 |
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Fighting For Jobs: Case Studies of Labor-Community Coalitions Confronting ... Bruce Nissen Vista previa limitada - 1995 |
Fighting For Jobs: Case Studies of Labor-Community Coalitions Confronting ... Bruce Nissen Vista previa limitada - 1995 |
Términos y frases comunes
action activism additional alliance attempt Blaw-Knox building called Calumet Project campaign capacity changes chapter claimed closure coalition Combustion Engineering company's considered contract corporate cost decision decline definition division early early warning East Chicago economic economic development effective efforts employee employment equipment facility factors February figures final firm forces foundry Gary goal Hammond important Indiana industry interest involved issues July labor labor-community LaSalle less letter major March mayor meeting mill million mobilization move movement needed officials operating orders organization percent plant closing play political position possible president pressure problem profit Quanex region relations reopen requested responsibility role sell shutdown Source steel Steelworkers Steering Committee strategy Stratojac strike structure struggles subsidies successful Table Treder union United workers York