We are in this dance together
Subtitle: gender, power, and globalization at a Mexican garment firm
By: Nancy Plankey-Videla
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780813553016; 9780813553023; 9780813553153
Subjects: Clothing trade; Women clothing workers; Strikes and lockouts; Labor unions; Clothing workers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contextualizing the case of Moctezuma; title: "I like piecework more; title: because I work for myself"; title: From piecework to teamwork: translating theory into practice; title: Discovering the shop floor and the contested nature of self-managed teams; title: Lean during mean times; title: The strike: from motherhood to workers' rights; title: "We lost control of the shop floor": flexible Taylorism and the demise of the firm; title: Conclusion: "We are workers, not beggars".