Grand designs
Subtitle: the impact of corporate strategies on workers, unions, and communities
By: Charles Craypo and Bruce Nissen, editors.
Contributors: Craypo, Charles, 1936-; Nissen, Bruce, 1948-
Publisher: ILR Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Labor unions -- United States; Industrial relations -- United States; Labor -- United States; Unemployment -- United States; Plant shutdowns -- United States; Business relocation -- United States; Corporate reorganizations -- United States; Industrial policy -- United States; Labor unions -- Public relations -- United States; United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-
Description: From the late 1970s through the early 1990s, plant closings, bitter labor disputes, and manufacturing relocations profoundly and often disastrously influenced the lives of individuals, organizations, and municipalities in the Midwest. This volume tells the stories implicit in that process.

Beyond documenting the damage that has been done, Grand Designs articulates the conditions under which local labor-community coalitions can win important victories. If they are adequately informed and organized, such coalitions can play a crucial part in revising the terms of the national debate over public policy on labor and economic issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-271) and index.