End of the line: Autoworkers and the American dream - Hardcover

Feldman, Richard And Michael Betzold (Eds)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555841708 ISBN 13: 9781555841706

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988

Synopsis

this marvelous book captures in a most poignant and accurate way what life is like for the millions who still make up the blue collar bcvkbone of americaindustry.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'A richly detailed, well-crafted portrait of a cross section of autoworkers in the midst of an identity crisis and a crisis gripping the U.S. auto industry.' -Frank Hammer, President, United Auto Workers Local 909

From Publishers Weekly:

Feldman, who has worked for 16 years at Ford's Michigan Truck Plant, interviewed 30 of his fellow-workers to gather material for this book, written with Detroit Free Press reporter Betzold. The subjects talk about their lives, their jobs, their families, their futuresand the tone is profoundly pessimistic. They judge assembly-line work to be boring and demeaning but find compensation in their wages, which run between $30,000 and $70,000 a year. They see the dominance of the American automobile ending and hope they reach retirement before their plant closes. Many have little regard for their union and almost all believe that the job outlook for their children is grim. The authors conclude with a rousing chapter on what can be done to insure a brighter tomorrow for the working class.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 1555841708
• ISBN 13: 9781555841706
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 297