American Auto Research Articles

Unions in a Globalized Environment: Changing Borders, Organizational Boundaries, and Social Roles

1. The Labor Movement in a New Globalized Environment: An Introduction, Bruce Nissen Part I: Cross-Border Organizing and Solidarity 2. Free Trade and Worker Solidarity in the North American Auto Industry, Steve Babson 3. Four Models of Cross-Border Maquila Organizing, Henry Frundt 4. Union Global Alliances at Multinational Corporations: A Case Study of the Ameritech Alliance, Jeff Rechenbach and Larry Cohen Part II: Responding to Immigration 5. New Workers, New Labor, and the New Los Angeles, Ruth Milkman 6. Unions and Immigrants in South Florida: A Comparison, Bruce Nissen and Guillermo Grenier Part III: Internal Transformation: Moving Toward Social Movement Unionism? 7. The Strategic Challenge of Organizing Manufacturing Workers in Global/Flexible Capitalism, Fernando Gapasin and Edna Bonacich 8. Does Neoliberal Restructuring Promote Movement Unionism? U.S. Developments in Comparative Perspective, Ian Robinson 9. Citizenship Movement Unionism: For the Defense of Local Communities in the Global Age, Paul Johnston 10. Concluding Thoughts: Internal Transformation? Bruce Nissen

Book Review

1. Introduction PART I: ECONOMIC AND CORPORATE STRATEGY 2. The Analytic Framework of Capture 3. Corporate Strategy and Environmental Regulation: Corporate Strategy Perspectives 4. Corporate Strategy and Environmental Regulation: Baptist/Bootlegger Coalitions R S5RT II: COMPLEX INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIVENESS: NAFTA'S POLITICAL EXPERIENCE 5. Trade and Environment Institutions: The NAFTA Regime 6. Environmental Institutions in Action: The CEC 7. Firm Responses to Trade and Environment Regulation PART III: CASE STUDIES OF COMPLEX INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIVENESS 8. MMT and Investment Dispute Settlement 9. The Agriculture Disputes 10. Trade and Environment Regimes in Operation: The North American Auto Industry PART IV: CONCLUSIONS 11. Implications for Firm Strategy and Public Policy Bibliography

Book Reviews

William C. Green and Ernest J. Yanarella (Eds.), North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested TerrainRichard Phillips, Mapping Men and Empire: A Geography of AdventureHenrietta L. Moore, Space, Text, and Gender: An Anthropological Study of the Marakwet of Kenya

Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry: Competition, Power and Industrial Flexibility.

List of Tables - Introduction: Competition, Power and Industrial Flexibility: Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry F.C.Deyo - PART 1: ORIGINS AND DIFFUSION OF FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION - The Transformation of Industrial Relations in Postwar Japan S.Levine - Japanese Automotive Transplants and the Transfer of the Japanese Production System R.Florida & M.Kenney - PART 2: DISPERSION TO THE PERIPHERY - Industrial Relations in the Korean Auto Industry: The Implications of Industrial Sector Requirements and Societal Effects for International Competitiveness R.Rodgers - Competition, Flexibility and Industrial Ascent: The Thai Auto Industry F.C.Deyo - PART 3: LABOR'S RESPONSE - Change, But in What Direction?: Divergent Union Responses to Work Restructuring in the Integrated North American Auto Industry P.Kumar & J.Holmes - The Politics of Industrial Restructuring: Transnational Firms' Search for Flexible Production in the Mexican Automobile Industry K.Middlebrook - A Diversity of New Work Organization: Human-Centred, Lean and In-Between L.Turner & P.Auer - PART 4: POLICY ALTERNATIVES AND SOCIAL OUTCOMES - Regulatory Frameworks and Development in the North American Auto Industry S.Herzenberg - Conclusion: Competition, Politics and the Social Construction of Flexible Production Systems F.C.Deyo - Index

Book Review: Labor-Management Relations: North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain

Book Review: Labor-Management Relations: North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain

North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain.

North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain.

The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism 1945–1968. By Kevin Boyle. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1995. 338p. $35.00. - North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain. Edited by William C. Green and Ernest J. Yanarella. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996. 246p. $59.50 cloth, $19.95 paper.

The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism 1945–1968. By Kevin Boyle. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1995. 338p. $35.00. - North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain. Edited by William C. Green and Ernest J. Yanarella. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996. 246p. 19.95 paper. - Volume 91 Issue 1

North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested TerrainWilliam C. Green and Ernest J. Yanarella, eds. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996, pp. xiv, 246

North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested TerrainWilliam C. Green and Ernest J. Yanarella, eds. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996, pp. xiv, 246

Book review: William C. Green and Ernest J. Yanarella (eds.): North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain, Albany 1996

Book review: William C. Green and Ernest J. Yanarella (eds.): North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain, Albany 1996

US‐Mexico Free Trade and the North American Auto Industry: Effects on the Spatial Organisation of Production of Finished Autos

US‐Mexico Free Trade and the North American Auto Industry: Effects on the Spatial Organisation of Production of Finished Autos

Working for the Japanese: Inside Mazda's American Auto Plant.

The presence of Japan Inc. looms larger than ever for millions of American managers and workers, as hundreds of Japanese companies open plants and offices in local communities across the United States. What is it like to work for the Japanese? Can Americans, with their strong tradition of individualism, adjust to a Japanese that emphasizes harmony and close cooperation? How do Americans and Japanese resolve the misunderstandings that arise from differences in language and culture? Journalists Joseph and Suzy Fucini sought the answers by studying relations between Americans and Japanese at the new state-of-the-art Mazda plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, the first wholly-owned Japanese auto plant to employ a unionized American workforce. For three years, the Fucinis followed events at the plant, interviewing more than one hundred workers, managers and outside suppliers. The authors conclude that for all its strengths, the team system requires the sacrifice of individual interests to the good of the group, and that no matter how hard an individual tries to become part of the Mazda team, advancement for both managers and workers will be limited by the fact that they are not Japanese.

Book Review: Labor-Management Relations: Working for the Japanese: Inside Mazda's American Auto Plant

Book Review: Labor-Management Relations: Working for the Japanese: Inside Mazda's American Auto Plant

Book Review Section

book Review in This Article:COATES, JOSEPH E, JARRATT, JENNIFER, and MAHAFFIE, JOHN B. Future Work: Seven Critical Forces Reshaping Work and the Work Force in North America.FUCINI, JOSEPH J. and FUCINI, SUZY. Working for the Japanese: Inside Mazda's American Auto Plant.HOPKINS, KEVIN R., NESTLEROTH, SUSAN L., and BOLICK, CLINT. Help Wanted: How Companies Can Survive and Thrive in the Coming Worker Shortage.BELLMAN, GEOFFRY M. The Consultant's Calling: Bringing Who You Are to What You Do.LEDVINKA, JAMES and SCARPELLO, VIDA G. Federal Regulation of Personnel and Human Resource Management (2nd ed.).ROMAN, PAUL M. (Ed.). Alcohol Problem Intervention in the Workplace: Employee Assistance Programs and Strategic Alternatives.SONNENSTUHL, WILLIAM J. and TRICE, HARRISON M. Strategies for Employee Assistance Programs: The Crucial Balance (2nd ed., rev.).NORO, KAGEYU and BROWN, OGDEN, JR. (Eds.). Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management–III (Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management, Kyoto, Japan, July 18‐21, 1990).MURPHY, KEVIN R. and SAAL, FRANK E. (Eds.). Psychology in Organizations: Integrating Science and Practice.FUKUDA, RYUJI. CEDACA Tool for Continuous Systematic Improvement.RUMMLER, GEARY A. and BRACHE, ALAN P. Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space on the Organization Chart.TICHY, NOEL M. and DEVANNA, MARY ANNE. The Transformational Leader.SRIVASTVA, SURESH, COOPERRIDER, DAVID L. and Associates. Appreciative Management and Leadership: The Power of Positive Thought and Action in Organizations.WHEELAN, SUSAN A. Facilitating Training Groups: A Guide to Leadership and Verbal Intervention Skills.BAUM, HOWELL S. Organizational Membership: Personal Development in the Workplace.ASTRACHAN, JOSEPH H. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Employee Anxiety: A Study of Separation Anxiety in a Corporate Context.PARKER, GLENN M. Team Players and Teamwork: The New Competitive Business Strategy.RIZZO, ANN‐MARIE and MENDEZ, CARMEN. The Integration of Women in Management: A Guide for Human Resources and Management Development Specialists.MAYER, RICHARD J. Conflict Management; The Courage to Confront.RAHIM, M. AFZALUR (ED.). Theory and Research in Conflict Management.HITT, WILLIAM D. Ethics and Leadership: Putting Theory into Practice.BOWEN, DAVID E., CHASE, RICHARD B., CUMMINGS, THOMAS G., and Associates. Service Management Effectiveness: Balancing Strategy, Organization and Human Resources, Operations and Marketing.

The Break-up of an International Labour Union: Uneven Development in the North American Auto Industry and the Schism in the UAW

In 1985, after being represented by the United Automobile Workers union (UAW) for almost half a century, Canadian autoworkers split from the International Union to form their own independent union, the CAW. To date, most interpretations have attributed the split to political, cultural, and ideological differences between the US and Canadian sections of the union. Through an analysis of restructuring and collective bargaining in the North American automobile industry, it is argued in this paper that the split in the UAW was rooted in the tensions that arose over the different, and increasingly incompatible, bargaining agendas and strategies adopted by the Canadian and US sections of the union during the 1980s. The analysis shows that these differences in strategy resulted primarily from the geographically uneven effects of the significant restructuring which was taking place in the North American automobile industry during this period.

Labour, Environment and Industrial Change

1. Labour, Environment and Industrial Change G.A. van der Knaap and G.J.R. Linge 2. Labour Market Models in their Spatial Expression Sergio Conti, University of Turin 3. Industrial Change in Poland and the Working and Living Environment Bronislaw Kortus, The Jagiellonian University, Poland 4. Attitudes to Industrial Development and Quality of Life in Poland Boleslaw Domanski, The Jagiellonian University, Poland 5. Gender, Employment and Territory in Metropolitan Environments Paul Villeneuve, Laval University, Canada 6. New Production Technologies, Labour and the North American Auto Industry John Holmes, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada 7. Conceptualising Processes of Skill Change: A Local Labour Market Approach Jamie A. Peck and Peter E. Lloyd, both University of Manchester 8. The Changing Organisation of Labour and its Impacts on Daily Activities Roman Matykowski and Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz, both Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland 9. Spatial Implications of Unionisation, Employment and Labour Activism G.A. van der Knaap and L. van der Laan, Erasmus University, Rotterdam 10. Strategies in Local Communities to Cope with Industrial Restructuring John Bradbury, McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Auto Slavery: The Labor Process in the American Auto Industry, 1897-1950

Auto Slavery: The Labor Process in the American Auto Industry, 1897-1950

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this articleEllis, John, A Financial Guide for the Self‐Employed.Fuller, John G., 200,000,000 Guinea Pigs.Gordon, Leland J., and Lee, Stewart M., Economics for Consumers.Hendrickson, Robert, The Cashless Society.Jelley, Herbert M. and Robert O. Herrmann, The American Consumer: Issues and Decisions.Randall, Donald A. and Arthur P. Glickman, The Great American Auto Repair Robbery.Schrag, Philip G., Counsel for the Deceived: Case Studies in Consumer Fraud.

Control Bill Hits American Auto Producers in Japan

Control Bill Hits American Auto Producers in Japan

Control Bill Hits American Auto Producers in Japan

Control Bill Hits American Auto Producers in Japan