Reshaping the North American Automobile Industry: Restructuring, Corporatism and Union Democracy in Mexico (Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context)

This work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America. The focus is on the automobile industry in Mexico, which, because of its size and importance, is viewed as a strategic sector of the Mexican economy and was the focal point of talks between the US, Canada and Mexico during negotiations on NAFTA. Focusing on the period from 1980, John P. Tuman examines the changes implemented by firms to promote export production, he explores reasons for the variation in labour responses to restructuring, and he discusses the prospects for cross-border organizing and co-operation among automobile workers in Canada, the US and Mexico. "This book examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and South America. John Tuman's empirical focus is the automobile industry in Mexico, which, because of its size and importance, is viewed as a strategic sector of the Mexican economy and was the focal point of talks between the USA, Canada, and Mexico during negotiations on NAFTA. Focusing on the period from 1980 to the present, Tuman examines the changes implemented by firms to promote export production, explores the reasons for the variation in labor responses to restructuring, and discusses the prospects for cross-border organizing and co-operation among automobile workers in Canada, the USA, and Mexico." --Book Jacket John P. Tuman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 179-190) And Index.