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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Labor and global capitalism in North America, 1850-1970 -- The politics of Mexican labor and economic development in crisis -- Mexican labor and workers' rights under NAFTA and NAALC -- Labor mobility and workers' rights in North America -- The crisis of union-management relations in the United States and Canada -- The North American auto industry : the apex of concessionary bargaining -- VEBA Las Vegas! Unions play casino capitalism : autoworkers lose "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. National boundaries and the laws of governments that regulate social relations between laborers and management are less relevant in the era of globalization, rendering ineffective the traditional union strategies of pressuring the state for reform." "Focusing especially on the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (the first international labor agreement linked to an international trade agreement), Norman Caulfield notes the waning political influence of trade unions and their disunity and divergence on crucial issues such as labor migration and workers' rights. Comparing the labor movement's fortunes in the 1970s with its current weakened condition, Caulfield notes the parallel decline in the United States' hegemonic influence in an increasingly globalized economy. As a result, organized labor has been transformed from organizations that once pressured management and the state for concessions to organizations that now request that workers concede wages, pensions, and health benefits to remain competitive in the global marketplace."--Jacket |
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spelling | Caulfield, Norman Verfasser aut NAFTA and labor in North America Norman Caulfield Urbana University of Illinois Press ©2010 1 Online-Ressource (x, 246 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Working class in American history Includes bibliographical references and index Labor and global capitalism in North America, 1850-1970 -- The politics of Mexican labor and economic development in crisis -- Mexican labor and workers' rights under NAFTA and NAALC -- Labor mobility and workers' rights in North America -- The crisis of union-management relations in the United States and Canada -- The North American auto industry : the apex of concessionary bargaining -- VEBA Las Vegas! Unions play casino capitalism : autoworkers lose "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. National boundaries and the laws of governments that regulate social relations between laborers and management are less relevant in the era of globalization, rendering ineffective the traditional union strategies of pressuring the state for reform." "Focusing especially on the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (the first international labor agreement linked to an international trade agreement), Norman Caulfield notes the waning political influence of trade unions and their disunity and divergence on crucial issues such as labor migration and workers' rights. Comparing the labor movement's fortunes in the 1970s with its current weakened condition, Caulfield notes the parallel decline in the United States' hegemonic influence in an increasingly globalized economy. As a result, organized labor has been transformed from organizations that once pressured management and the state for concessions to organizations that now request that workers concede wages, pensions, and health benefits to remain competitive in the global marketplace."--Jacket Canada / 1992 Oct. 7 Nordamerikanische Freihandelszone (DE-588)4350951-4 gnd rswk-swf North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations bisacsh Treaties, etc. (Canada : 1992 October 7) fast Industrial relations fast Labor fast Wirtschaft Industrial relations North America Labor North America Kapitalismus (DE-588)4029577-1 gnd rswk-swf Arbeitnehmerschutz (DE-588)4139094-5 gnd rswk-swf Arbeitsmarkt (DE-588)4002733-8 gnd rswk-swf Wirtschaftsentwicklung (DE-588)4066438-7 gnd rswk-swf Kanada Nordamerika Nordamerikanische Freihandelszone (DE-588)4350951-4 b Kapitalismus (DE-588)4029577-1 s Arbeitsmarkt (DE-588)4002733-8 s Arbeitnehmerschutz (DE-588)4139094-5 s Wirtschaftsentwicklung (DE-588)4066438-7 s 1\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback 978-0-252-07670-1 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 978-0-252-03492-3 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569647 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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