This is the story of workers' struggles in the British car industry, from the Second World War until today.
Told from the viewpoint of the workers, the book chronicles how they responded to a variety of management and union strategies, from piece rate working, through measured day work, and eventually to 'lean production' beginning in the late 1980s.
Focusing on two companies, Vauxhall-GM and Rover/BMW, this book shows how they developed their approaches to managing labour relations. It highlights the success of various forms of struggle to establish safer and more humane working environments, as well as their failures.
- ISBN10 1849644225
- ISBN13 9781849644228
- Publish Date 20 July 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pluto Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 272
- Language English