New Forms of Work Organization : : The Challenge for North American Unions / / Tom Rankin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Rankin, Tom,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

Taylorism has been the dominant mode of organizing paid work since early in the twentieth century. Tom Rankin argues that industrial unionism is inextricably linked to Taylorism, and Taylorism is breaking down. In its place is developing a new paradigm of organization. If unions are to survive and prosper they will have to develop a form of unionism better suited to the new paradigm.Rankin uses a socio-technical systems framework to analyse the transition, arguing that it encompasses similar views put forward by other disciplines such as production management. Focusing on one case study as an example, he explores the possibilities for unions to sustain themselves while adapting to a new work pattern.Ranking concludes that adaptation requires a fundamental change in traditional union policies and practices, but that it is achievable. The result is a new, post-industrial form of unionism in which a strong and independent union and a new pattern of work organization can be mutually reinforcing.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Industrial Unionism and the Legacy of Scientific Management -- 2. New Forms of Work Organization and the Union Response -- 3. The Shell Sarnia Chemical Plant: The Future in the Present? -- 4. The Chemical Plant Collective Bargaining System -- 5. ECWU Local 800: Beyond Industrial Unionism -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- APPENDIX I. Collective Agreement between Shell Canada Products Limited and the Energy and Chemical Workers Union Local 800 -- APPENDIX II. Good Work Practices Handbook -- APPENDIX III. Sarnia Chemical Plant Philosophy Statement Related to Work Design -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index