{"product_id":"workers-in-a-lean-world-isbn-9781859841044","title":"Workers in a lean World","description":"In this comprehensive study of current labour relations worldwide, Kim Moody surveys both sides of the picket lines. He provides a measured assessment of multinational managements’ strategies to downsize, introduce flexible production and compel workers to accept less pay for more work. He emphasizes the need, in the face of these changes, for renewal and international coordination among national unions and provides examples, from North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, of how this has been achieved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bracing riposte to the conventional wisdom concerning the irresistible power of globalization, \u003ci\u003eWorkers in a Lean World\u003c\/i\u003e is a definitive account of contemporary labor relations on a global scale.“Kim Moody is one of the leading intellectuals of the labor movement. In this book he sweeps across the world to reveal exactly how class struggles between multinational capital and labor has shaped working conditions, capital mobility, state power, and the prospects for a visionary labor movement.”—Robin D.G. Kelley, author of \u003ci\u003eRace Rebels: Culture, Politics and the Black Working Class\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Of the many books we’ve seen on globalization, \u003ci\u003eWorkers in a Lean World\u003c\/i\u003e presents the best analysis of how working people can respond strategically to the on-going transformation of capitalism.”—Jeremy Brecher and Tim Costello, \u003ci\u003eNew Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a very important study that deserves a wide audience.”—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exceptional book.”—John Buell, \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Moody\u003c\/b\u003e was a founder of \u003ci\u003eLabor Notes\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eWorkers in a Lean World\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught at the Cornell Labor Studies Program and at Brooklyn College and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304057721061,"sku":"NP9781859841044","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781859841044.jpg?v=1767744533","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/workers-in-a-lean-world-isbn-9781859841044","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}