2001
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Recherches sociographiques ; vol. 42 no. 3 (2001)
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Reynald Bourque et al., « L'effet de la présence syndicale sur le travail en équipe dans l'industrie du vêtement », Recherches sociographiques, ID : 10.7202/057473ar
This article presents the main results of a research project on team work in two Quebec clothing factories which set up a work organization system inspired on the Japanese model of lean production. These two factories are similar in terms of size and product range, but one is unionized and the other is not. Although the employees benefit from better working conditions and greater autonomy in teamwork organization in the unionized factory, the union presence has not prevented increases in workloads and in stress arising out of the implementation of lean production.