Toxic Work: Women Workers at GTE Lenkurt

In 1971, when General Telephone and Electric relocated its GTE Lenkurt plant to Albuquerque, New Mexico, the city fathers were elated. GTE Lenkurt became the largest manufacturing employer in the state. This title uncovers 200 GTE workers (95 per cent of them women, 70 per cent of them Hispanic), each of them had an array of health problems.

About the author

Steve Fox teaches in the American Studies and Sociology departments at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Summary

In 1971, when General Telephone and Electric relocated its GTE Lenkurt plant to Albuquerque, New Mexico, the city fathers were elated. GTE Lenkurt became the largest manufacturing employer in the state. This title uncovers 200 GTE workers (95 per cent of them women, 70 per cent of them Hispanic), each of them had an array of health problems.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Fox
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1991
• EAN: 9780877228165
• ISBN: 978-0-87722-816-5
• No. of pages: 178
• Weight: 386 g
• Series: Labor And Social Change; Athenian Agora: Results of Exc; Labor & Social Change
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Arbeits- / Einkommensökonomie, Gesundheit und Sicherheit am Arbeitsplatz