Banking the Furnace: Restructuring of the Steel Industry in Eight Countries

Authors

Trevor Bain, University of Alabama

Publication Date

1-1-1992

DOI

10.17848/9780880995399

Abstract

Trevor Bain explores the industry restructurings that occurred in eight major steel-producing countries, including the U.S., Germany and Japan. He begins by categorizing each country as having either an adversarial or a cooperative industrial relations system, and then analyzes the differences in implementation strategies. He also determines who - employers, employees, or government - bore the cost of these adjustments and which industrial relations systems were more efficient in restructuring.

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Restructuring in Eight Countries
3. Collective Bargaining in Adversarial Countries
4. Collective Bargaining in Cooperative Countries
5. Employment Adjustment
6. Conclusions

ISBN

9780880991278 (pbk.) ; 9780880995399 (ebook)

Subject Areas

LABOR MARKET ISSUES; Employment relationships; Unions and collective bargaining; INTERNATIONAL ISSUES; International labor comparisons; Transition economies; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Industry studies