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51 – 70

DOI

10.1080/08109028508628970
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Evan Willis.

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TRADE UNION REACTION TO TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE: THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CHAIN SYSTEM OF SLAUGHTERING IN THE MEAT EXPORT INDUSTRY

Evan Willis.

The labour process paradigm is used to analyse a major case study of technological innovation in the meat export industry. This was the reorganisation of mutton slaughtering in the 1930s onto a dis-assembly line basis known as the ‘chain’ system. The response of the meatworkers union to this innovation is the main focus.

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