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Author:
Plankey-Videla, Nancy.
Title:
We are in this dance together : gender, power, and globalization at a Mexican garment firm / Nancy Plankey-Videla.
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xiv, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Women clothing workers--Mexico.
Clothing workers--Labor unions--Mexico.
Strikes and lockouts--Clothing trade--Mexico.
Clothing trade--Mexico.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Contextualizing the case of Moctezuma -- "I like piecework more -- because I work for myself" -- From piecework to teamwork: translating theory into practice -- Discovering the shop floor and the contested nature of self-managed teams -- Lean during mean times -- The strike: from motherhood to workers' rights -- "We lost control of the shop floor": flexible Taylorism and the demise of the firm -- Conclusion: "We are workers, not beggars".
ISBN:
0813553156 (e-book)
9780813553153 (e-book)
0813553024 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813553023 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813553016 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780813553016 (hbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)752287005
LCCN:
2011037602
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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