Plant closures, precariousness and policy responses:revisiting MG Rover 10 years on

摘要: With automotive plants being closed in Australia and western Europe, this article reflects on the employment status of ex-MG Rover (MGR) workers following closure Longbridge plant 2005. In particular, it draws Standing's typology labour market insecurity uses a mixed-methods approach including an analysis longitudinal survey some 200 ex-MGR workers, in-depth interviews with ex-workers policy-makers. While policy response to saw significant successes terms great majority successfully adjusting into re-employment, positive findings re-training education, paper finds challenges security employment, income, job quality representation at work years after closure. posits that general lack attention macrolevel effectively undermined elements over longer run. This turn suggests longer-term measures are required address aspects precariousness work.