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Marginal workers : how legal fault lines divide workers and leave them without protection /

Undocumented and authorized immigrant laborers, female workers, workers of color, guest workers, and unionized workers together compose an enormous and diverse part of the labor force in America. Labor and employment laws are supposed to protect employees from various workplace threats, such as poor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garcia, Ruben J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Citizenship and migration in the Americas.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: who are the marginal workers?
  • Framing workers' rights: the legal and theoretical underpinnings for the protection of marginal workers
  • New voices at work: unionized workers at the intersection of race and gender
  • Across the borders: how antidiscrimination law fails noncitizens and other marginal workers
  • Labor as property: guestworkers at the margins of domestic legal systems
  • A global understanding of worker protection.