Working for justice : the L.A. model of organizing and advocacy /
The organised labour movement in Los Angeles has weathered the effects of deindustrialization and deregulation better than unions in other parts of the U.S., and this has helped to anchor the city's wider low-wage worker movement.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
ILR Press/Cornell University Press,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. Worker centers, ethnic communities, and immigrant rights advocacy: The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: spatializing justice in an ethnic "enclave" / Jong Bum Kwon
- Organizing workers along ethnic lines: the Philipino Workers' Center / Nazgol Ghandnoosh
- Alliance-building and organizing for immigrant rights: the case of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles / Caitlin C. Patler
- Building power for "noncitizen citizenship": a case study of the Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network / Chinyere Osuji
- pt. 2. Occupational and industry-focused campaigns: The Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance / Jacqueline Leavitt and Gary Blasi
- From legal advocacy to organizing: progressive lawyering and the Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign / Susan Garea and Sasha Alexandra Stern
- NDLON and the history of day labor organizing in Los Angeles / Maria Dziembowska
- The Garment Worker Center and the "Forever 21" campaign / Nicole A. Archer and others
- pt. 3. Unions and low-wage worker organizing: Ally to win: Black community leaders and SEIU's L.A. security unionization campaign / Joshua Bloom
- From the shop to the streets: UNITE HERE organizing in Los Angeles hotels / Forrest Stuart
- The janitorial industry and the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund / Karina Muñiz.