Global production and worker response: The struggle at Volkswagen of Mexico

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The transformation of work and labor relations in global auto industry has gathered momentum, driven by the introduction of new systems of industrial organization. At Volkswagen plant in Puebla intensified work, stagnant or falling real wages, close collaboration between government and corporate leaders promoting investment and suppressing worker resistance, have led to conflict between company and independent union representing workers which provides insight on problems of Mexican autoworkers.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Germany, Personnel administration, Mexico, Labor Unions, Demonstrations and protests, Labor relations, Automobile industry, Volkswagen AG, Labour unions

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'They want to destroy me': How California's fiscal crisis became a war on 'big government unions"

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California voters in 2003 elected Arnold Schwarzenegger where two crisis triggered this event which are large ongoing state budgets and failed electricity deregulation plan. The first year he dealt with budget through large scale borrowing, but in 2005 due to budget deficit, he threatened voters with a budget solution, morphed campaign against the 'big government unions'.

Government expenditures, Management dynamics, California, Unions-Govt Employee, Management, Economic aspects, Economic policy, Political aspects, Company business management, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, State budgets, Public employees' unions

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