Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction. We Are in This Dance Together -- Chapter 1. Contextualizing the Case of Moctezuma; Chapter 2. I Like Piecework More ... Because I Work for Myself -- Chapter 3. From Piecework to Teamwork: Translating Theory into Practice; Chapter 4. Becoming a Worker: Discovering the Shop Floor and the Contested Nature of Self-Managed Teams; Chapter 5. Lean during Mean Times; Chapter 6. The Strike: From Motherhood to Workers' Rights
Chapter 7. We Lost Control of the Shop Floor: Flexible Taylorism and the Demise of the FirmConclusion. We Are Workers, Not Beggars -- Appendix A. The Workforce at Moctezuma; Appendix B. Past Work Employment Classification Methods; Appendix C. Reprimands in Worker Files, 1993-2001; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary
We Are in This Dance Together uses in-depth interviews with over sixty workers, managers, and policy makers to document and analyze events leading up to the female-led factory strike in March 2001 at a high-end producer of men's suits in Mexico and the strike's aftermath-including harassment from managers, corrupt union officials and labor authorities, and violent governor-sanctioned police actions. It illustrates how the women's shared identity as workers and mothers, deserving of dignity, re