| Description |
1 online resource (x, 246 pages). |
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text file |
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The working class in American history
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Working class in American history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Labor and global capitalism in North America, 1850-1970 -- The politics of Mexican labor and economic development in crisis -- Mexican labor and workers' rights under NAFTA and NAALC -- Labor mobility and workers' rights in North America -- The crisis of union-management relations in the United States and Canada -- The North American auto industry : the apex of concessionary bargaining -- VEBA Las Vegas! Unions play casino capitalism : autoworkers lose. |
| Summary |
"As companies increasingly look to the global market for capital, cheaper commodities and labor, and lower production costs, the impact on Mexican and American workers and labor unions is significant. National boundaries and the laws of governments that regulate social relations between laborers and management are less relevant in the era of globalization, rendering ineffective the traditional union strategies of pressuring the state for reform." "Focusing especially on the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (the first international labor agreement linked to an international trade agreement), Norman Caulfield notes the waning political influence of trade unions and their disunity and divergence on crucial issues such as labor migration and workers' rights. Comparing the labor movement's fortunes in the 1970s with its current weakened condition, Caulfield notes the parallel decline in the United States' hegemonic influence in an increasingly globalized economy. As a result, organized labor has been transformed from organizations that once pressured management and the state for concessions to organizations that now request that workers concede wages, pensions, and health benefits to remain competitive in the global marketplace."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17)
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North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17) |
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Canada: 1992 October 7. |
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North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17) |
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Industrial relations -- North America.
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Industrial relations. |
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North America. |
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Labor -- North America.
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Labor. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: NAFTA and labor in North America. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2010 9780252076701 (DLC) 2009009429 (OCoLC)316232661 |
| ISBN |
9780252090790 (electronic book) |
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0252090799 (electronic book) |
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0252034929 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780252034923 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0252076702 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780252076701 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780252076701 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780252034923 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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