Nafta and Labor in North America

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A cogent analysis of North American trade unions' precipitous decline in recent decades Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Labor and Global Capitalism in North America! 1850-1970; 2. The Politics of Mexican Labor and Economic Development in Crisis; 3. Mexican Labor and Workers' Rights under NAFTA and NAALC; 4. Labor Mobility and Workers' Rights in North America; 5. The Crisis of Union-Management Relations in the United States and Canada; 6. The North American Auto Industry: The Apex of Concessionary Bargaining; 7. VEBA Las Vegas! Unions Play Casino Capitalism: Autoworkers Lose; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Product details

• Authors: Norman Caulfield
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2010
• EAN: 9780252034923
• ISBN: 978-0-252-03492-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Working Class in American History; Working Class in American Hist; Working Class in American History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries