---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 14:12:42 -0800 (PST) From: Sid Shniad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Progressive Economists' Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New Book: Unions and Workplace Reorganization (fwd) > For immediate release > > New Book Explores the Trends in Workplace Reorganization > > Ever since Henry Ford introduced the assembly line and the five-dollar day, > U.S. employers have had to pay close attention to how the organization of a > workplace and relationships between managers and workers affect economic > performance. Employers continue to search for ways to harness employees' > energy to achieve maximum efficiency and profit. Unions and Workplace > Reorganization edited by Bruce Nissen (Wayne State University Press; $22.95 > hardcover; pub. date: February 4, 1998) critically reviews trends in > workplace reorganization and develops perspectives on how unions should > respond to these trends. > Wide in scope, the eleven essays in this collection evaluate and > react to the AFL-CIO's 1994 policy statement "The New American Workplace: A > Labor Perspective," which is included as a chapter in this volume and is > treated as the official position of the U.S. labor movement. Presenting > divergent viewpoints and analyses, the contributors discuss the main > stances debated or adopted by unions struggling with workplace change. > Topics include international comparisons, legal issues, practical > experiences with the implementation of or resistance to certain programs, > experiences in the public sector as well as comparisons between the private > and public sectors, and broad ideological and programmatic visions. > The very fate of unions in this country may depend on their ability > to deal effectively with the challenge of workplace restructuring; thus, > Unions and Workplace Reorganization addresses many of the most important > issues currently facing the U.S. labor movement. > > Bruce Nissen is the assistant director at the Center for Labor > Research and Studies at Florida International University. He is the author > of Fighting for Jobs (State University of New York Press, 1995). He > coedited the anthologies Grand Designs (ILR Press, 1993) and Theories of the > Labor Movement (Wayne State University Press, 1987), and edited U.S. Labor > Relations 1945-1989 (Garland Publishing, Inc., 1990). > > To order a copy of Unions and Workplace Reorganization, please visit your > local bookstore or call 1-800-WSU-READ. > > ### > > Alison Reeves > Marketing Manager > Wayne State University Press > The Leonard N. Simons Bldg. > 4809 Woodward Avenue > Detroit, MI 48201-1309 > Tel: (313) 577-4603 > Fax: (313) 577-6131 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
