Re-Shaping Work 2 : : Labour, the Workplace, and Technological Change / / ed. by Chris Schenk, John Anderson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• HerausgeberIn: Anderson, John ,; Schenk, Chris,
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, John,; Eaton, Jonathan,; Hadley, Karen,; Lewchuk, Wayne,; Robertson, David,; Schenk, Christopher,; Sobel, David,; White, Julie,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)

This is the second of two volumes of original research undertaken by Canadian trade unionists (the first volume was published in 1995). The research (known as the Technology Adjustment Research Program, or TARP, of the Ontario Federation of Labour), was unique because, for the first time, government provided resources for workers, rather than just academics and corporations. TARP was established under the Ontario Liberals in 1990, renewed by the NDP government, and subsequently cancelled in 1995 by the newly elected Tory government. Nevertheless, new research has been added to this volume. This book will contribute to a better understanding of workplace change, the role of new technologies, the debate on lean production and empowerment of the workforce, the information highway, work and the environment, and the possibilities of shorter work hours. Despite the cancellation of government funding for further research, Re Shaping Work 2 sheds new light on crucial issues of the changing nature of work and technology. Re Shaping Work 2 is a book of great interest to students of workplace change, labour studies, and industrial relations, as well as trade unionists.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Riding the Digital Revolution: The Impact of Technological Change on Workers in the Commercial Printing Industry -- Information Highway and the Technological Revolution: Toll Road or Freeway? -- Listening to Workers: The Reorganization of Work in the Canadian Motor Vehicle Industry -- Empowerment at Xerox -- Building Green: An Environmental Future in the Construction Trades -- Workers' Attitudes to Shorter Hours of Work