Taylorism and Unionism

Jenkins has observed that “The impression has begun to get about that the Industrial Revolution is not going to work out after all.” In light of the profound malaise of blue and white collar workers, the decline of output per worker since 1973, and increasing signs of a pervasive anti-union sentiment complementing anti-management restiveness, Jenkins' remark does not seem so shocking. The 1973 Health, Education and Welfare report, Work In America, remarked, in a similar vein, that “absenteeism, wildcat strikes, turnover, and industrial sabotage (have) become an increasingly significant part of the cost of doing business.” The location of this quote from the HEW report in the section tided, “The Anachronism of Taylorism” is suggestive

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