kim moody, contextualising organized labour in expansion and crisis: the case of the US (2012)

(5-6) late 50s (downturn) --> 1958-1963 (first management offensive) --> mid-1960s to 1970s (class upsurge) --> 1973-1975 (recession) / 1980-1982 (recession), both of which broke the momentum of the upsurge

(6) the surrender of '79, encapsulated in Fraser's agreement to major concession with the Chrysler Corporation

(7) between 1979 and 1983, union membership fell by 26%

(8) there was a transition away from industry-level bargaining by the 1980s (which is also the period a series of concessions are made, from work-rule changes to wage concessions, etc.)

(8) from post-WWII to 80s, South grew faster than traditional regions

(8) in auto, meatpacking, trucking low-cost/high-prod firms intervene; in textiles, garments, and primary metals, international competition intervenes

(11) productivity increases of 1980s weren't mainly due to investment, but instead were due to reorganization of work [this complicates a relationship that Brenner looks at]

(12) auto is majority non-union by 1970s, and this is particularly pronounced amongst suppliers

(14) two reasons for low level of resistance (besides exhaustion/fear of job loss in recession): (a) the low level of inflation; (b) the fall in the interest rate (debt)

(15) the 'surrender of 1979' + recession of 1980-1982 --> recovery, post 1982. then, restructuring + lean production --> further fall in the value of labour power --> expansion

(16) unions shifted from manufacturing to services (density in manufacturing fell to 11%, from 33%)

(17) card check not in more than 15% of all organizing

(23) the broken link between productivity and wages is key to explaining the recovery of 1982