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Author:   Ruth Milkman ,  Joshua Bloom ,  Victor Narro
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   ILR Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780801475801

ISBN 10:   0801475805
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   01 January 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"Foreword by Joshua Bloom Introduction by Ruth Milkman Part I: Worker Centers, Ethnic Communities, and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Chapter 1. The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: Spatializing Justice in an Ethnic ""Enclave"" by Jong Bum Kwon Chapter 2. Organizing Workers along Ethnic Lines: The Pilipino Workers' Center by Nazgol Ghandnoosh Chapter 3. Alliance-Building and Organizing for Immigrant Rights: The Case of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles by Caitlin C. Patler Chapter 4. Building Power for ""Noncitizen Citizenship"": A Case Study of the Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network by Chinyere Osuji Part II: Occupational and Industry-Focused Organizing Campaigns Chapter 5. The Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance by Jacqueline Leavitt and Gary Blasi Chapter 6. From Legal Advocacy to Organizing: Progressive Lawyering and the Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign by Susan Garea and Sasha Alexandra Stern Chapter 7. NDLON and the History of Day Labor Organizing in Los Angeles by Maria Dziembowska Chapter 8. The Garment Worker Center and the ""Forever 21"" Campaign by Nicole A. Archer, Ana Luz Gonzalez, Kimi Lee, Simmi Gandhi, and Delia Herrera Part III: Unions and Low-Wage Worker Organizing Chapter 9. Ally to Win: Black Community Leaders and SEIU's L. A. Security Unionization Campaign by Joshua Bloom Chapter 10. From the Shop to the Streets: UNITE HERE Organizing in Los Angeles Hotels by Forrest Stuart Chapter 11. The Janitorial Industry and the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund by Karina Muniz Afterword by Victor Narro Notes References About the Contributors Index"

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The essays in this volume offer us not only an informative account of some of the most vibrant and creative organizing campaigns to have emerged in recent years; they may also provide a glimpse of labor's future. Joseph A. McCartin, Labor/Le Travail (Fall 2011)

<p> The essays in this volume offer us not only an informative account of some of the most vibrant and creative organizing campaigns to have emerged in recent years; they may also provide a glimpse of labor's future. -Joseph A. McCartin, Labor/Le Travail (Fall 2011)

Author Information

Ruth Milkman is Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and Academic Director of CUNY's Murphy Labor Institute. She is the author of several books, including the prizewinning Gender at Work and L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement. She is the coauthor of Unfinished Business, editor of Organizing Immigrants, and coeditor of New Labor in New York: Precarious Workers and the Future of the Labor Movement, Rebuilding Labor, and Working for Justice, all from Cornell.

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