Manufacturing Meltdown: Reshaping Steel Work

by Warren Smith, Dorothy E. Smith, D.W. Livingstone

In the 1980s, following decades of booming business, the global steel industry went into a precipitous decline, which necessitated significant restructuring. Management demanded workers' increased participation in evermore temporary and insecure labour. Engaging the workers at the flagship Stelco plant in Hamilton, the authors document new management strategies and the responses of unionized workforces to them. These investigations provide valuable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552664023
• ISBN13: 9781552664025
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"