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‘Under the Clock’: Trade Union Responses to Cmputerised Control in US and Australian Grocery Warehousing
Author(s) -
Wright Christopher,
Lund John
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/1468-005x.00034
Subject(s) - rationalisation , trade union , work (physics) , control (management) , labour economics , warehouse , business , economics , industrial organization , international trade , marketing , engineering , management , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics
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.