This text examines the form and character of the internationalization of employee relations in the automobile industry. It goes on to examine the impact of the new forms of regionalization and their impact on employment relations within firms. Case studies are used to examine the transformation of employment standards, including General Motors, Toyota, Renault, FIAT and Peugeot. The book also assesses the significance of the emergence of regional integration processes in the form of regional economic spaces (EC, Nafta, Mercusor and ASEAN). ÍNDICE: Introduction P.Stewart & E.Charron - Volkswagen's Modular System, Regional Development and Workers Systems in Resende, Brazil J.R.Ramalho & M.A.Santana - The Contract of Change: Organizational Innovation and the Roles of Workers in the Brazilian Truck Industry L.P.Bresciani & R.Quadros - The Rationalized Factory and Changes in Work Management: The Case of the Fiat Post-Fordist Auto Plant in Brazil L.A.Cardoso - New Production Systems and Workers' Participation - a Contradiction? Some Lessons from German Automobile Companies L.Pries - >From Submission to Confrontation: Labour Relations Under the New Production Technology at Asan Plant of Hyundai Motors M.K.Chung - The Social Relations of Lean Production in the British Autocomponents Sector: A Case Study of Labour Subordination and Resistance A.Danford - The Role of the Unions and Workplace Change in Motor Manufacturing in Italy. Flanked by Unilateral and Bilateral Employee Relationships V.Pulignano - European Works Councils and International Restructuring: A Perspective for European Collective Bargaining? U.Rehfeldt - The Restructuring of Work, Employment and Labour Relations in the Mexican Automobile Sector (Volkswagen and Nissan) Y.Montiel - Making Rennaults for Europe: Workers from Renault's Plants Outside France E.Charron - The 1998 Flint-GM Strike: Bellwether of Continental Integration and Lean Production S.Babson - Patterns of Labour Control and the Erosion of Labour S