LABRST 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bracero Program, Maquiladora, List Of Bluetooth Profiles
2 Mar 2014
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Labr st 2g03: globalization and labour january 27, 28, 30, 2014. Global subcontracting, transnational production chains and labour in. There are no insert brand name (i. e. nike) jobs in production; everything in production is outsourced to contracting companies (not nike jobs work for the contracting company) Fordist system of production/fordism: system of mass production and mass consumption, mass production taylorism + assembly lines, make a product, need someone to buy it. Excess in production leads to a loss (people can"t afford or didn"t need to buy more) People need sufficient wages in order to consume the mass amounts of production. The fordist vertically integrated production system: almost everything required to produce the product all takes place in one enclosed area, ex. Owned own forests, coal mines, built barges, railroads, hydro-electric facilities, etc. All to bring in natural materials and to be able to make products.
