Title
The UAW and CAW Confront Lean Production at Saturn, CAMI, and the Japanese Automobile Transplants
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 1994
Abstract
The North American auto marketplace witnessed a major restructuring during the 1980s. This article examines UAW's and CAW's quite different and distinctive responses to these developments at two union plants: the UAW's and GM's joint operation of the Saturn plant and the CAW's adversarial shop floor labor-management relations at CAMI, a GM-Suzuki joint venture. Then the article focuses on the common challenges both unions have to overcome in organizing Hyundai, the South Korean automaker, and the six Japanese plants. The article closes by exploring the risks and opportunities both unions face from the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Recommended Citation
Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 18, No. 4, Winter 1994, 52-75.
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