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

Allen Bt.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: computerization; employment; motor vehicle industry; numerical control; industrial robot; automation; quality standard; labour cost; forecast; industrial robot; trade union.; retraining; industrial worker; redundancy; statistical table; informatisation; emploi; industrie du véhicule à moteur; computerización; empleo; industria de vehículos a motor; commande numérique; robot industriel; automatisation; norme de qualité; coût de la main-d'oeuvre; prévision; robot industriel; syndicat; formation de reconversion; travailleur de l'industrie; licenciement collectif; tableau statistique; control numérico; robot industrial; automatización; norma de calidad; costo de la mano de obra; predicción; robot industrial; sindicato; reconversión profesional; obrero industrial; despido colectivo; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 V. pages
Date: 1985
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

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