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Toxic Work: Women Workers at GTE Lenkurt

by Steve Fox
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Synopsis

In 1971, when General Telephone and Electric relocated its GTE Lenkurt plant to Albuquerque, New Mexico, the city fathers were elated. GTE Lenkurt became the largest manufacturing employer in the state. This title uncovers 200 GTE workers (95 per cent of them women, 70 per cent of them Hispanic), each of them had an array of health problems.

About the Author, Steve Fox

Steve Fox teaches in the American Studies and Sociology departments at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

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Book Details

Published
November 1, 1991
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Pages
178
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780877228165

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