NEGOTIATED MODERNIZATION IN THE PARISIAN PRESS

Out of observations of how work in the Parisian Press has changed and an analysis, based on regulation theory, of negotiated agreements abou t manpower, questions arise about the nature of the new wage-earning r elationship established through contractual compromises. What is happe ning to the labor market and craft-unionism as the press is being mode rnized? The new contractual compromise accepts the computerization of production, with its impact on efficiency; but it also maintains most craft-union safeguards, and it contains social measures that compensat e for job losses.