In the 1980s, following decades of booming business, the global steel industry went into a precipitous decline, which necessitated significant restructuring. Management demanded workers' increased participation in evermore temporary and insecure labour. Engaging the workers at the flagship Stelco plant in Hamilton, the authors document new management strategies and the responses of unionized workforces to them. These investigations provide valuable insights into the dramatic changes occurring within the Canadian steel industry.--pub. website.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 3
- Preface 4
- D.W. Livingstone Dorothy E. Smith and Warren Smith 4
- Notes 6
- Introduction 7
- Labour Displacement and the Enduring Significance of Steelwork 7
- D.W. Livingstone 7
- Labour Displacement in Capitalist Economies 7
- The Enduring Significance of Steelwork 8
- The Case Studies 12
- Notes 14
- Chapter 1 15
- Melting the Core Steel Workforce 19812003 15
- D.W. Livingstone 15
- The Global Steel Crisis 15
- The Canadian Case Crisis Delayed 21
- Steeltown 25
- Stelco 27
- Restructuring the Labour Force 31
- New Industrial Relations and Core Worker Responses 51
- Steelworker Training and Retraining 70
- Concluding Remarks 77
- Notes 79
- Chapter 2 85
- Storing and Transmitting Skills 85
- Dorothy E. Smith and Stephan Dobson 85
- The Study 85
- The Contingent Destruction of the Worker-Controlled System of Storing and Transmitting Skills 90
- The Displacement of Worker-Controlled Skills Training in Industry and Resource Extraction 108
- Experiential Learning 135
- Conclusion Skills and the Ruling Relations 146
- Notes 149
- Chapter 3 155
- The Future of Steel Jobs 155
- D.W. Livingstone and Warren Smith 155
- Global Consolidation and Local Conditions 156
- Bankruptcy and Double Takeover of Stelco 158
- Workplace Restructuring in Integrated Steel Plants 162
- The Challenge of Renewal and Loss of Knowledge 166
- Alternative Futures 176
- Next Steps 187
- Notes 189
- Postscript 191
- Bibliography 192
- About the Authors 210
- Index 212
