Suburban Sweatshops : : The Fight for Immigrant Rights / / Jennifer Gordon.
In 1992 Gordon founded the Workplace Project to help immigrant workers in the underground suburban economy of Long Island, New York. In a story of gritty determination and surprising hope, she weaves together Latino immigrant life and legal activism to tell the unexpected tale of how the most vulner...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2007 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The New Sweatshops
- 2. The Workplace Project Story
- 3. Paths to Participation
- 4. Rights Talk and Collective Action
- 5. A Legal Clinic and Organizing
- 6. Noncitizen Citizenship
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index