Prologue -- 1: Introduction -- A Transforming Technology -- Attitudes and Phobias -- Characteristics of Information Technology -- Technology as the Midwife of Social Change -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 2: Employment -- Technology and Employment -- Focusing Down -- Sunrise, Sunset --...

This article concerns the manner in which the European Union Information and Consultation of Employees (ICE) Directive has been implemented in the UK in the harsh corporate conditions of restructuring, redundancy and site closure. Drawing on interview and documentary evidence from six case...