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

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

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 p...

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

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