Introduction. Three auto plants in the global economy -- The intensification of work under lean production -- Whipsawed! Local unions fight for jobs in the United States -- Greenfield opportunity: orchestrated labor relations in Silao -- Globalization and union decline -- Conclusion. Toward a...

"The ladrillera" -- Approaches to the "informal sector" and to the brickmakers of Mexicali -- Petty commodity producers in the informal sector : the peasant adaptation of the brickmakers in Colonia Popular, Mexicali -- "The old brickmaker, 1993" -- "Invisible" women and children workers on the...