A Comment on "Working Conditions within Italian FCA Group Plants" by Matteo Gaddi

Abstract

The article is a commentary on the report by Matteo Gaddi (2020) on working conditions within Italian FCA Group. It reviews the commented paper with regards to research methodology and the presentation of the cases studied. It points to the need to explore the developments in the FCA in a broader institutional context of the Italian industrial relations as well as the global spread of the lean production as ideology and practice.

Keywords

• automotive sector
• lean production
• industrial relations
• trade unions
• fiat chrysler automobiles