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1 online resource (278 pages) |
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text file |
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Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction. ""We Are in This Dance Together""; Chapter 1. Contextualizing the Case of Moctezuma; Chapter 2. ""I Like Piecework More ... Because I Work for Myself""; Chapter 3. From Piecework to Teamwork: Translating Theory into Practice; Chapter 4. Becoming a Worker: Discovering the Shop Floor and the Contested Nature of Self-Managed Teams; Chapter 5. Lean during Mean Times; Chapter 6. The Strike: From Motherhood to Workers' Rights. |
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Chapter 7. ""We Lost Control of the Shop Floor"": Flexible Taylorism and the Demise of the FirmConclusion. ""We Are Workers, Not Beggars""; Appendix A. The Workforce at Moctezuma; Appendix B. Past Work Employment Classification Methods; Appendix C. Reprimands in Worker Files, 1993-2001; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
We Are in This Dance Together uses in-depth interviews with over sixty workers, managers, and policy makers to document and analyze events leading up to the female-led factory strike in March 2001 at a high-end producer of men's suits in Mexico and the strike's aftermath-including harassment from managers, corrupt union officials and labor authorities, and violent governor-sanctioned police actions. It illustrates how the women's shared identity as workers and mothers, deserving of dignity, re. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women clothing workers -- Mexico.
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Women clothing workers. |
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Mexico. |
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Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Mexico.
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Clothing workers -- Labor unions. |
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Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Mexico.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade. |
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Clothing trade -- Mexico.
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Clothing trade. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Plankey-Videla, Nancy. We Are in This Dance Together : Gender, Power, and Globalization at a Mexican Garment Firm. Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, ©2012 9780813553016 |
| ISBN |
9780813553153 |
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0813553156 |
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9780813553016 |
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0813553016 |
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9780813553023 |
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0813553024 |
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