Union homogenization and the organizational foundations of plantwide militancy in the U.S. automobile industry, 1959-1979.
The industrial relations context in U.S. automobile plants changed significantly by 1959. Union locals became more occupationally homogeneous, and the bureaucratic grievance structure functioned more effectively as a result. Yet, unauthorized strikes continued, albeit less frequently, and their na...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces (University of North Carolina Press) Vol. 73; pp. 789 - 811 |
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Oxford University Press / UK
March 1995
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