Taming the Machine: Comparing UAW and ILWU Responses to Automation, 1945-1972

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Taming the Machine: Comparing UAW and ILWU Responses to Automation, 1945-1972

This thesis is the first comparative history of rank-and-file workers in two key U.S industries – auto production and longshoring – to examine their response to automation in their workplaces in the mid-twentieth century. As these industries were two of the most heavily automated, they present an id...

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Main Author:	Watson, Daniel
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	blue collar workers automation trade unions labour unions UAW ILWU United Automobile Workers International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/73392/

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