Manufacturing concessions: Attritionary outsourcing at General Motor's Lordstown, USA assembly plant

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 687-708

  Sallaz, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto industry; Deindustrialization; Labor relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144327551     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017004047961     Document Type: Review

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