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Author:   Adrienne E. Eaton ,  Susan J. Schurman ,  Martha A. Chen
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9781501705564

ISBN 10:   1501705563
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   03 April 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Adrienne E. Eaton, Martha A. Chen, and Susan J. Schurman Part I. Formalizing or Reformalizing Distanced Employment Relationships 1. Port Workers in Colombia: Reinstatement as Formal Workers, Daniel Hawkins 2. Retail and Hospitality Workers in South Africa: Organized by Trade Union of Formal Workers to Demand Equal Pay and Benefits, Sahra Ryklief 3. Haitian Migrant Workers in the Dominican Republic: Organizing at the Intersection of Informality and Illegality, Janice Fine and Allison J. Petrozziello 4. Domestic Workers in Uruguay: Collective Bargaining Agreement and Legal Protection, Mary R. Goldsmith 5. Beer Promoters in Cambodia: Formal Status and Coverage under the Labor Code, Mary Evans 6. Informalized Government Workers in Tunisia: Reinstatement as Formal Workers with Collective Bargaining Rights, Stephen Juan King Part II. Securing Recognition and Rights for the Self-Employed 7. Minibus Drivers in Georgia: Secure Jobs and Worker Rights, Elza Jgerenaia and Gocha Aleksandria 8. Waste Pickers in Brazil: Recognition and Annual Bonus, Sonia Maria Dias and Vera Alice Cardoso Silva 9. Street Vendors in Liberia: A Written Agreement With Authorities and a Secure Workplace, Milton A. Weeks and Pewee Reed Conclusion: Expanding the Boundaries of Labor Organizing and Collective Bargaining,Susan J. Schurman, Adrienne E. Eaton, and Martha A. Chen

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Informal Workers and Collective Action is a wonderful and extremely rich collection of case studies of informal workers' movements that covers an impressive range of countries and industries. It offers a truly comparative view of informal workers' movements across countries and industries. This book will make an enormous contribution to our budding understanding of informal workers' movements at a global level. -Rina Agarwala, Johns Hopkins University, author of Informal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India

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Adrienne E. Eaton is Associate Dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations and Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She is the coauthor of Healing Together: The Labor-Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente and coeditor of Employment Dispute Resolution and Worker Rights in the Changing Workplace, both from Cornell. Susan J. Schurman is Distinguished Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She is coauthor of Teaching for Change: Popular Education and the Labor Movement and coeditor of Transforming the U.S. Workforce Development System: Lessons from Research and Practice. Martha A. Chen is Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, an affiliated professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and Cofounder and International Coordinator of the Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) network. She is coauthor of The Progress of the World's Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty and coeditor of Bridging Perspectives: Labour, Informal Employment, and Poverty.

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