LEADER 04147nam 2200577 450 001 9910798697903321 005 20230808194818.0 010 $a0-8135-7607-5 010 $a0-8135-7608-3 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813576084 035 $a(CKB)3710000000830175 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4648500 035 $a(OCoLC)956991145 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51173 035 $a(DE-B1597)529409 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813576084 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4648500 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11249484 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL949121 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000830175 100 $a20160902h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhen good jobs go bad $eglobalization, de-unionization, and declining job quality in the North American auto industry /$fJeffrey S. Rothstein 210 1$aNew Brunswick ;$aNew Jersey ;$aLondon, [England] :$cRutgers University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (200 pages) 311 0 $a0-8135-7606-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction: Three Auto Plants in the Global Economy --$t2. The Intensification of Work under Lean Production --$t3. Whipsawed! Local Unions Fight for Jobs in the United States --$t4. Greenfield Opportunity: Orchestrated Labor Relations in Silao --$t5. Globalization and Union Decline --$t6. Conclusion: Toward a Better-Regulated Global Economy --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aFrom Chinese factories making cheap toys for export, to sweatshops in Bangladesh where name-brand garments are sewn-studies on the impact of globalization on workers have tended to focus on the worst jobs and the worst conditions. But in When Good Jobs Go Bad, Jeffrey Rothstein looks at the impact of globalization on a major industry-the North American auto industry-to reveal that globalization has had a deleterious effect on even the most valued of blue-collar jobs. Rothstein argues that the consolidation of the Mexican and U.S.-Canadian auto industries, the expanding number of foreign automakers in North America, and the spread of lean production have all undermined organized labor and harmed workers. Focusing on three General Motors plants assembling SUVs-an older plant in Janesville, Wisconsin; a newer and more viable plant in Arlington, Texas; and a "greenfield site" (a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility) in Silao, Mexico-When Good Jobs Go Bad shows how global competition has made nonstop, monotonous, standardized routines crucial for the survival of a plant, and it explains why workers and their local unions struggle to resist. For instance, in the United States, General Motors forced workers to accept intensified labor by threatening to close plants, which led local unions to adopt "keep the plant open" as their main goal. At its new factory in Silao, GM had hand-picked the union-one opposed to strikes and committed to labor-management cooperation-before it hired the first worker. Rothstein's engaging comparative analysis, which incorporates the viewpoints of workers, union officials, and management, sheds new light on labor's loss of bargaining power in recent decades, and highlights the negative impact of globalization on all jobs, both good and bad, from the sweatshop to the assembly line. 606 $aAutomobile industry and trade$zNorth America$xManagement 606 $aAutomobile industry workers$zNorth America 606 $aIndustrial relations$zNorth America 606 $aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aAutomobile industry and trade$xManagement. 615 0$aAutomobile industry workers 615 0$aIndustrial relations 615 0$aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a338.7629222097 700 $aRothstein$b Jeffrey S.$01566958 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798697903321 996 $aWhen good jobs go bad$93837991 997 $aUNINA