In July 2021, Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 3940, amending the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act to ensure that auto mechanics at Illinois’ car dealerships earn equal pay for equal work.The bipartisan law, which is also referred to as the Multiplier Act, passed 85-24 in the House and 58-0 in the Senate. It removed a […]
In the spring of 1989, Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors entered into a joint venture to build cars in Bloomington‐Normal, Illinois. A dozen years after “lean production” and “employee teams” were introduced, this paper revisits the initial expectations of workers. Through an employee survey it assesses how employee attitudes, shop‐floor behavior, and language have coalesced to […]
In the spring of 1989, Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors entered a joint venture to build automobiles in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Production and maintenance workers at the joint venture Diamond Star plant approached their jobs with great anticipation. Not only did these jobs offer significantly higher wages than most had made previously, they came with promises of […]