Fighting for jobs : case studies of labor-community coalitions confronting plant closings
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Fighting for jobs : case studies of labor-community coalitions confronting plant closings
(SUNY series in the sociology of work)
State University of New York Press, c1995
- : hard
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 199-206
Includes index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chronologies
1. Introduction
2. Military Conversion and the Shutdown of the Blaw-Knox Steel Foundry
3. Public Subsidy Abuse at the Combustion Engineering Plant
4. Successorship and Managerial Competence at the Stratojac Plant
5. Struggle to Reopen the Hammond LTV Bar Mill
6. Preventing a Department Relocation at the LaSalle Steel Plant
7. Comparing the Cases: Critical Factors
8. Problem Definition, Alliance Formation, Mobilization, and the Significance of Labor-Community Coalitions
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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