We Sell Our Time No More

Paul Stewart is Professor of the Sociology of Work and Employment at Strathclyde University. He has been researching and writing on the automotive industry for many years and was joint convenor of the Automotive Workers Research Network. He is the author of We Sell Our Time No More (Pluto, 2009). Mike Richardson is Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations at the University of West England. He is the author of We Sell Our Time No More (Pluto, 2009). Andy Danford is Professor of Employment Relations at the Centre for Employment Studies. He is the author of We Sell Our Time No More (Pluto, 2009). Ken Murphy has worked for General Motors for over twenty years and was joint convenor of the Automotive Workers' Research Network. He is the author of We Sell Our Time No More (Pluto, 2009). Tony Richardson worked for British Leyland, Rober and BMW unitil he retired in 2005. He is the author of We Sell Our Time No More (Pluto, 2009). Vicki Wass is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Cardiff Business School. She is the author of We Sell Our Time No More (Pluto, 2009).

Foreword 1. Understanding the Lean Automobile Industry 2. The Pre-history of Lean Production: Employee Relations in the British Automobile Industry since the Second World War 3. From 'Embrace and Change' to 'Engage and Change': Trade union renewal and new management strategies 4. Striking Smarter and Harder: the new industrial relations of lean production? The 1995-96 Vauxhall Dispute 5. Abridged version of a roundtable discussion on lean production (The 'Sandcastle' Liverpool TGWU office) 6. Rover-BMW: From Rover Tomorrow to the Longbridge closure and the bitter fruits of Lean Production 7. Lean Production: From 'Engage and Change' to Endless Change Conclusion Appendices - workplace surveys References Index