Shop Floor Politics and Job Controls
The Postwar Engineering Industry
Published on 22. September 1988
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-631-15979-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an analysis of some of the vexed questions in industrial relations. The case studies from the post war engineering industry in Britain touch on the issues of shop floor job controls, relations between shop stewards and union members and the effect of workplace practices on productivity. The significance of the subject, the period and the industry selected will need little justification for students of British industrial relations.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
514 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-15979-7 (9780631159797)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
General Editors' Foreword ; Preface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Shop Steward Organization: Coventry Precision Tools, 1945-72 3. The Changing Face of Conflict: Shop Floor Organization at Longbridge, 1939-80 ; 4. Management Control and Labour Quiescence: Shop Floor Politics at Alfred Herbert's, 1945-80 ; 5. Craft Unionism, Job Controls and Management Strategy: Premier Metals, 1955-80 ; 6. From "Making It Pay" to "Getting the Day In": Job Controls and Shop Steward Leadership Among Semi-Skilled Engineering Workers ; 7. Wage strategy, Redundancy and Shop Stewards in the Coventry Motor Industry ; 8. Conclusions.