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

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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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  • Allen BT., 1985. "Micro-electronics, employment and labour in the North American automobile industry," ILO Working Papers 992380323402676, International Labour Organization.
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    1. H. Allan Hunt & Timothy L. Hunt, "undated". "Human Resource Implications of Robotics," Upjohn Working Papers hahtlh1985, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
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