Unions and the City : Negotiating Urban Change /

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Labor unions remain the largest membership-based organizations in major North American cities, even after years of decline. Labor continues to play a vital role in mobilizing urban residents, shaping urban conflict, and crafting the policies and regulations that are transforming our urban spaces. As...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: MacDonald, Ian Thomas, 1980- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sociology, Urban.
Labor unions.
Labor movement.
Community development, Urban.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Sociologie urbaine > Ontario > Toronto.
Sociologie urbaine > New York (État) > New York.
Developpement communautaire urbain > Ontario > Toronto.
Developpement communautaire urbain > New York (État) > New York.
Mouvement ouvrier > Ontario > Toronto.
Mouvement ouvrier > New York (État) > New York.
Syndicats > Ontario > Toronto.
Syndicats > New York (État) > New York.
Sociology, Urban > Ontario > Toronto.
Sociology, Urban > New York (State) > New York.
Community development, Urban > Ontario > Toronto.
Community development, Urban > New York (State) > New York.
Labor movement > Ontario > Toronto.
Labor movement > New York (State) > New York.
Labor unions > Ontario > Toronto.
Labor unions > New York (State) > New York.
Ontario > Toronto.
New York (State) > New York.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Labor strategy and the politics of elite division : negotiating the high road in midtown Manhattan / Ian MacDonald
  • The particular politics of casino development in Toronto : organized labor and the great casino debate / Steven Tufts
  • Film production unions? : efforts to incentivize local production in New York / Maria Figueroa and Lois S. Gray
  • Film unions' struggle to defend studio space in Toronto / Thorben Wieditz
  • Building a green New York : construction unions and community alliances / Maria Figueroa
  • Community alliances struggling for good green jobs in Toronto's de-industrializing suburbs / James Nugent
  • Creating a city for workers : union strategies on child care in NYC / Susanna F. Schaller, K.C. Wagner, Mildred E. Warner
  • In defense of "gold-plated" child care : union struggles to preserve quality care and quality care work in Toronto's child care sector / Simon Black.

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