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Rhetoric and Reality in Labor Relations

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Much is being said these days about the importance of hiring good people and keeping them trained in new skills. I would like to point out what I think are some basic contradictions in what is being said and in what is being done. And I would like to suggest how we can go about achieving the goal of a more productive manufacturing work force.

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Oswald, R. (1990). Rhetoric and Reality in Labor Relations. In: Chilton, K.W., Warren, M.E., Weidenbaum, M.L. (eds) American Manufacturing in a Global Market. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2516-8_22

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