WORKER ALIENATION, 1972

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

EMPLOYMENT, MANPOWER, AND POVERTY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

S. 3916

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR RESEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF ALIENATION AMONG AMERICAN WORKERS IN ALL OCCUPATIONS AND INDUSTRIES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE COMPANIES, UNIONS, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SEEKING TO FIND WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

JULY 25 AND 26, 1972

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1972

Brynner, Gary, president, UAW Local 1112, Lordstown, Ohio, accompanied
by Dan Clark, member, UAW Local 1112, Lordstown, Ohio---
Wright, James, director, National Policy Affairs, National Center for
Urban Ethnic Affairs, Washington, D.C___.

French, Dr. John, University of Michigan Survey Research Center, Ann
Arbor, Mich.--.

Sheppard, Dr. Harold, the Upjohn Institute, Washington, D.C...----

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1972

Ford, Dr. Robert N., personnel director for manpower utilization, Ameri-
can Telephone & Telegraph Co.; and Lyman Ketchum, manager of
Organization Development Operations, General Foods__
Bluestone, Irving, vice president, United Auto Workers, General Motors
Division; and Sidney Harman, president, Jervis Corp_-_-
Whiting, Basil, project officer for social development, Ford Foundation;
and Robert Schrank, project specialist, Ford Foundation.......

STATEMENTS

Bluestone, Irving, vice president, United Auto Workers, General Motors
Division; and Sidney Harman, president, Jervis Corp----
Brynner, Gary, president, UAW Local 1112, Lordstown, Ohio, accompa-
nied by Dan Clark, member, UAW Local 1112, Lordstown, Ohio----
Ford, Dr. Robert N., personnel director for manpower utilization, American
Telephone & Telegraph Co.; and Lyman Ketchum, manager of organiza-
tion development operations, General Foods...---
Prepared statement of Lyman Ketchum---

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French, Dr. John, University of Michigan Survey Research Center, Ann
Arbor, Mich_____

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General Motors Corp., to the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, August 16, 1972_-_.

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Schrank, Robert, project specialist, Ford Foundation___

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Sheppard, Dr. Harold, the Upjohn Institute, Washington, D.C...

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Whiting, Basil, project officer for social development, Ford Foundation;
and Robert Schrank, project specialist, Ford Foundation----
Prepared statement__.

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Wright, James, director, National Policy Affairs, National Center for
Urban Ethnic Affairs, Washington, D.C..........
Prepared statement---

Articles, publications, etc.:

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Discontented Blue-collar Workers-a Case Study, from Monthly La-
bor Review, volume 94, No. 4, April 1971, by Harold L. Sheppard____
Humanizing Work, a Priority Goal of the 1970's, by Neal Q. Herrick,
U.S. Department of Labor, and Michael Maccoby, Harvard Uni-
versity Institute for Policy Studies, September 24-29, 1972-
Job Tasks and Workers' lives, by Harold L. Sheppard___

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Articles, publications, etc.-Continued

Life, Work, Neighborhoods, A Steelworker Speaks, (Part I) an inter-
view with Mike Fitzgerald, by Studs Terkel, 1972-----
New Directions in the World of Work, a conference report, by
Charlton R. Price, the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment
Research, March 1972__.

Some Medical Aspects of Unemployment, by Sidney Cobb, M.D., and
Stanislav V. Kasl, Ph. D., Survey Research Center, the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., April 28, 1970------
Work Module, a Proposal for the Humanization of Work, by
Robert L. Kahn, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan,
June 1972__.

Working Conditions Survey as a Source of Social Indicators, from
the Monthly Labor Review, volume 94, No. 4, April 1971, by Neal Q
Herrick and Robert P. Quinn......-

Communications to:

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts, from Harold L. Sheppard, Ph. D., staff social scientists, the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, July 28, 1972 (with enclosure)

Schneider, Mark, assistant to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senate, from Michael Maccoby, Arocena Holiday Hotel, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, July 25, 1972 (with attachment).

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