Auto-plant design and worker orgranizing: was, well, lots of other things

Thomas Kruse tkruse at albatros.cnb.net
Tue May 5 16:06:14 PDT 1998


Question on this:


> And his concluding note on skill--now that skill intensive
>technological change has been invoked, as a residual, to explain all the
>wage inequality which "globalization" or "declining union power"
>cannot--is more relevant than ever.

Hasn't it been demonstrated in various contexts that skill transfers aren't necessarily matched by higher wages, especially across borders? The productivity/remuneration gap noted in comparing the high-tech Ford Hermosillo, Mexico plant with similars in the US?

Tom

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