Exposing federal sponsorship of job loss : the Whitehall plant closing campaign and "runaway plant" reform / Julia C. Abedian.

Originally published: New York : Garland Pub., 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Originally published in 1995, this book explores a number of subjects of significance for labor and economic policy, especially the role of U. S. tax policy in the relocation of jobs from the contintental USA to Puerto Rico. The book demonstrates the problems for the USA because of inadequate adjustment policies to protect the interests of communities and workers when plants close and production is relocated. It disproves the myth that markets will take fcare of workers and communities, showing that basic economics is concerned with market forces and not with equity, environmental and worker protections. The Whitehall plant closing case is documented and the economic and political context analyzed which caused that case to be instructive for broader economic and labor policy purposes. In a new age of American Protectionism, this book has enduring relevance."-- Provided by publisher.

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter I: The Antagonists, the Issue, and the Political and Economic Antecedents; The Company and the Union; Prelude to a Shutdown; Section 936 and Pharmaceutical Industry in Puerto Rico; The Political Environment, 1990-1993; Chapter II: Obsolescence of the Picket Line: Taking the Battle to the Courts and Capitol Hill; The Issue; Taking the Battle to the Courts; Taking the Fight to Capitol Hill; The Settlement

Chapter III: Primetime, 60 Minutes and Michael Moore:The Media CampaignPublic Pressure; Personal Pressure; OCA W's Third Legislative Drive; Chapter IV: Was It Worth the Fight?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index