The books illustrated the spatial fix strategy using the labor unrest experienced in the American Auto-industry. At the time of the struggle, the car manufacturers were based in the Mid-Western areas whose workers’ unions were extremely weak. The auto industry manufacturers had an upper hand over their workers given the fact that resisting employees were easily displaced by unskilled and semiskilled workers who were eager to fill their positions. However, the use of semiskilled and unskilled workers in production resulted to a major weakness. The reliance on a single capital intensive machine to drive the assembly line implied that any stoppage that arose was bound to affect profits negatively. The American auto industry had no choice but to accept the conditions demanded by the militant minority of workers. The employers agreed to acknowledge unions and their role in highlighting the plight of
The books illustrated the spatial fix strategy using the labor unrest experienced in the American Auto-industry. At the time of the struggle, the car manufacturers were based in the Mid-Western areas whose workers’ unions were extremely weak. The auto industry manufacturers had an upper hand over their workers given the fact that resisting employees were easily displaced by unskilled and semiskilled workers who were eager to fill their positions. However, the use of semiskilled and unskilled workers in production resulted to a major weakness. The reliance on a single capital intensive machine to drive the assembly line implied that any stoppage that arose was bound to affect profits negatively. The American auto industry had no choice but to accept the conditions demanded by the militant minority of workers. The employers agreed to acknowledge unions and their role in highlighting the plight of