Work Transformed Automation and Labor in the Computer Age

Study of the social implications of computerization and the impact on quality of working life of industrial workers in the USA - examines managerial control over production, effects on work organization, skills and trade union structure, competitiveness of industry, etc.; includes case studies of numerical control, computer aided design, flexible manufacturing systems, industrial robots, and computers as strikebreakers; argues for more workers participation; quotes a proposed Technology Bill of Rights.