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Manufacturing Meltdown

Reshaping Steel Work

D.W. Livingstone Dorothy E. Smith Warren Smith

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English
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
01 February 2011
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 insights into the dramatic changes occurring within the Canadian steel industry.

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Imprint:   Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Country of Publication:   Canada
Dimensions:   Height: 23mm,  Width: 15mm,  Spine: 1mm
Weight:   299g
ISBN:   9781552664025
ISBN 10:   1552664023
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

D.W. Livingstone is Canada Research Chair in Lifelong Learning and Work and professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Dorothy E. Smith is professor emerita in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies at OISE/UT and adjunct professor, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria. Warren Smith worked at Stelco (now U.S. Steel Canada) in Hamilton Ontario from 1967 until his recent retirement. He was president of USW local 1005 from 1997 to 2003.

Reviews for Manufacturing Meltdown: Reshaping Steel Work

A gripping story of the upheaval in the lives of steelworkers, their families and communities as a result of industry restructuring. Manufacturing Meltdown explains what has happened to our manufacturing, our jobs, our future and our country. This is something that needed telling and this book tells it very well.


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