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title	:	High-tech Betrayal : Working and Organizing On the Shop Floor
author	:	Devinatz, Victor Gary.
publisher	:	Michigan State University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0870134930
print isbn13	:	9780870134937
ebook isbn13	:	9780585188157
language	:	English
subject	Employees--Effect of technological innovations on--United States, Technology and civilization--Forecasting, Occupational training--United States.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	HD6331.2.U5D48 1999eb
ddc	:	331.2/042
subject	:	Employees--Effect of technological innovations on--United States, Technology and civilization--Forecasting, Occupational training--United States.

Page iii High-Tech Betrayal Working and Organizing on the Shop Floor Victor G. Devinatz Michigan State University Press East Lansing

Page iv 1999 by Victor G. Devinatz The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) Michigan State University Press East Lansing, Michigan 48823-5202 03 02 01 00 99 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Devinatz, Victor Gary High-tech betrayal: working and organizing on the shop floor / Victor G. Devinatz. p. cm. Includes bibliographial references and index. ISBN 0-87013-493-0 1. EmployeesEffect of technological innovations onUnited States. 2. Technolgy and civilizationForecasting. 3. Occupational trainingUnited States. I. Title. HD6331.2.U5D48 1999 98-52237 331.2'042dc21 CIP Visit Michigan State University Press on the World-Wide Web at: www.msu.edu/unit/msupress

Page v For my parents, Allen and Pearl Devinatz

Page vii Contents Acknowledgements ix Preface "The High-Tech Future Doesn't Work" xi Chapter 1 The Nature of High-Tech Factory Work 1 Chapter 2 A Brief Corporate History of Biomed 19 Chapter 3 Searching for and Beginning Work at a Factory Job 27 Chapter 4 Adapting to High-Tech Factory Work 41

Page viii Chapter 5 The High-Tech Labor Process 57 Chapter 6 The Dictatorship of High-Tech Management 81 Chapter 7 Factory Life 115 Chapter 8 Rank and File Discontent 137 Chapter 9 Talking Union 151 Chapter 10 The Return of the Despotic Factory Regime? 187 Endnotes 205 Bibliography 227 Index 241

Page ix Acknowledgements This book would not have been possible without the help and support of many people. Martha Bates, my editor at Michigan State University Press, was extremely supportive of this project and was instrumental in the publication of this book. Her professionalism and good cheer during this process was most refreshing for a novice author. Dick Stivers convinced me that I had a story worth telling and was both incredibly encouraging and helpful with his knowledge and experience in the book-writing process. As a mentor he has provided me with invaluable advice countless times and has served as a role model for what a dedicated scholar can and should be. I hope that someday I can measure up to his high standards. Jackie Scruggs, Bruce Laurie, David Roediger, Frank Annunziato, Ken Gagala, Laurie Clements, and Jennifer Carton read various versions of the manuscript and were more than generous in the time they spent providing written comments and discussing my manuscript with me. The book is much improved because of their efforts. Sandy Judd did an excellent job copyediting the manuscript and Annette Tanner was superb in handling all of the production-related tasks. I am deeply grateful to a number of people who, although not directly responsible for either the writing or the publication of this book, have provided me with emotional, moral, or intellectual support over the years. As I proceed in my academic career, I become ever more appreciative of the excellent graduate training that I received at the University of Massa-

Page x chusetts Labor Relations Research Center and the University of Minnesota Industrial Relations Center. Faculty members at these two universities who have positively influenced my thinking include the late Harvey Friedman, Curt Tausky, James Scoville, Barbara Laslett, Hyman Berman, John Fossum, and Avner Ben-Ner. Friends who have supported my work, in one way or another, over the years include Chuck Davis, Richard Soderlund, Kate McCarthy, David Johnson, Steve Kolodrubetz, Tom Lambert, Farzaneh Fazel, Jack Howard, Lee Graf, and Dan Rich. Besides supporting my work, Dona Warren was there to share and enrich my life in innumerable meaningful ways. Although a scholar in a completely different field, my brother, Ethan Devinatz, always expressed interest in my various projects and endeavors.

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