LATE-20TH-CENTURY LABOR TRANSFORMATIONS
This UAW leader promoted collective bargaining tied to productivity and social benefits.
Who is Walter Reuther?
Employers increasingly relied on consultants and legal strategies to defeat organizing drives through this industry.
What is the union avoidance industry?
This landmark 1950 UAW–GM agreement traded labor peace for wages, benefits, and job security.
What is the Treaty of Detroit?
In 1981, President Reagan fired striking air traffic controllers from this union, signaling a new era of labor relations.
What is PATCO?
This Black workers’ organization challenged both management and union racism in the auto industry.
What is the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement?
Since the 1970s, this political-economic framework emphasized deregulation, privatization, and weakened unions.
What is neoliberalism?
From the 1970s on, U.S. manufacturing jobs declined as production moved abroad.
What is deindustrialization?
This 1994 trade agreement accelerated capital mobility and intensified pressures on U.S. industrial workers.
What is NAFTA?
Employers used this technological shift to increase productivity while reducing labor demand.
What is automation?
This SEIU campaign used public protest and community alliances to organize low-wage custodial workers in the 1990s.
What is Justice for Janitors?