CONTENTS | AUTHOR BIO | SUBJECT CATEGORIESAn in-depth comparison of U.S. and Canadian economic restructuring The Challenge of RestructuringNorth American Labor Movements RespondSearch the full text of this bookedited by Jane Jenson and Rianne MahonIn this volume, political scientists, sociologists, lawyers, specialists in labor relations, economists, and unionists from Canada and the United States address the future of labor-management relations in two economies that are undergoing fundamental economic restructuring. The Challenge of Restructuring discusses how labor should respond to "restructuring," a euphemistic term for the economic squeeze on workers for givebacks to avoid plant closings and for the business efforts to abolish union workforces. ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: North American Labor: Divergent Trajectories Jane Jenson and Rianne Mahon Part I: Two Decades of Restructuring and Political Change
Part II: The Political and Legal Context of Trade Union Action
Part III: The Challenge of a Changing Labor Force
Part IV: Workplace Restructuring: Company Unionism or Industrial Democracy?
Part V: The Future: Strategic Continuity or Change?
About the Contributors About the Author(s)Jane Jenson is Professor of Political Science at Carleton University. Rianne Mahon is a Professor in the School of Public Administration at Carleton University. Contributors: Elaine Bernard, Peter G. Bruce, Charlotte Freeman, G�rard H�bert, Stephen Herzenberg, Carla Lipsig-Mumm�, Noah Meltz, Ian Robinson, Joel Rogers, C�line Saint-Pierre, Donald Swartz, A. Brian Tanquay, Richard Valelly, Don Wells, Julie White, and the editors. Subject CategoriesLabor Studies and Work
In the seriesLabor and Social Change, edited by Paula Rayman and Carmen Sirianni. Labor and Social Change, edited by Paula Rayman and Carmen Sirianni, includes books on workplace issues like worker participation, quality of work life, shorter hours, technological change, and productivity, as well as union and community organizing and ethnographies of particular occupations. |