In order to decrease the power of the union at the ABC Auto manufacturing plant, when contract talks broke down and the all-white union workers went on strike, the management at ABC recruited, hired, and bussed in low-wage Mexican workers. What is this situation called?

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This situation is called a split labour market, which occurs when employers use racial or ethnic divisions within the workforce to create competition and suppress wages. By bringing in low-wage Mexican workers, the management at ABC Auto manufacturing plant effectively created a split labour market, pitting the union workers against the newly-hired workers and weakening the bargaining power of the union. The other choices, such as internal colonialism and segregation, do not accurately describe this particular situation. The new international division of labour refers to the global organization of production, which is not directly relevant to this scenario.

In Order to Decrease the Power of the Union at the ABC