‘Under the Clock’: Trade Union Responses to Cmputerised Control in US and Australian Grocery Warehousing
Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: In contrast to optimistic interpretations of contemporary work reorganisation, the example of computerised work monitoring in US and Australian grocery warehousing highlights a far more negative picture of work intensification, job stress and low trust relations. Despite significant variation in trade union response, the article argues such examples reinforce the need for strong and independent trade union regulation to limit the worst excesses of workplace rationalisation.
Authors: Christopher Wright, John Lund
Institutions: UNSW Sydney, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Language: English
Topic: Labor Movements and Unions
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2088836669