Micro-electronics, employment and labour in the North American automobile industry.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper based on a survey assessing the impact of computerization on employment in the motor vehicle industry in Canada and USA - outlines the positive effect of numerical control, industrial robots and flexible automation on quality standards and labour costs; forecasts increasing application of industrial robots to 1990; stresses role of trade unions in providing retraining and income security programmes for industrial workers hit by redundancy. Bibliography, statistical tables.

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Year of publication:	1985
Authors:	BT, Allen
Institutions:	International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations
Subject:	WEP pub \| computerization \| employment \| motor vehicle industry \| Canada \| USA \| numerical control \| industrial robot \| automation \| quality standard \| labour cost \| forecast \| trade union \| retraining \| industrial worker \| redundancy \| bibliography \| statistical table \| pub PME \| informatisation \| emploi \| industrie du véhicule à moteur \| Etats-Unis \| computerización \| empleo \| industria de vehículos a motor \| Canadá \| Estados Unidos \| commande numérique \| robot industriel \| automatisation \| norme de qualité \| coût de la main-d'oeuvre \| prévision \| syndicat \| formation de reconversion \| travailleur de l'industrie \| licenciement collectif \| bibliographie \| tableau statistique \| control numérico \| robot industrial \| automatización \| norma de calidad \| costo de la mano de obra \| predicción \| sindicato \| reconversión profesional \| obrero industrial \| despido colectivo \| bibliografía \| cuadros estadísticos

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	ILO Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Working papers 1 pages longV. pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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