Fighting For Jobs: Case Studies of Labor-Community Coalitions Confronting Plant Closings

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SUNY 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.

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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
Selected Bibliography
199
Index
207
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Bruce Nissen is Associate Professor of Labor Studies at Indiana University, Northwest.

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