The politics of lean production
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Many on the Left see lean production as an inherently capitalist production model, the primary purpose of which is to deskill labor, defeat unions, and intensify work. But technologies developed within capitalism have important applications beyond capitalist control; neither machine tools nor computers necessarily degrade labor. I argue the same case for lean production. The path to union renewal and worker control entails fighting for comanagement of lean production as part of a broader campaign for workplace democracy.
Author: Matt Vidal (4514008)
Language: English
Topic: Labor Movements and Unions
Subfield: Industrial relations
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7154879893