Working for Justice : : The L.A. Model of Organizing and Advocacy /

Working for Justice : : The L.A. Model of Organizing and Advocacy / / ed. by Joshua Bloom, Ruth Milkman, Victor Narro.

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Working for Justice, which includes eleven case studies of recent low-wage worker organizing campaigns in Los Angeles, makes the case for a distinctive "L.A. Model" of union and worker center organizing. Networks linking advocates in worker centers and labor unions facilitate mutual learni...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Archer, Nicole A.,
Blasi, Gary,
Bloom, Joshua,
Dziembowska, Maria,
Gandhi, Simmi,
Garea, Susan,
Ghandnoosh, Nazgol,
Gonzalez, Ana Luz,
Herrera, Delia,
Kwon, Jong Bum,
Leavitt, Jacqueline,
Lee, Kimi,
Milkman, Ruth,
Muñiz, Karina,
Narro, Victor,
Osuji, Chinyere,
Patler, Caitlin C.,
Stern, Sasha Alexandra,
Stuart, Forrest,
HerausgeberIn:
Bloom, Joshua,
Milkman, Ruth,
Narro, Victor,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2010
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 8 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Worker Centers, Ethnic Communities, and Immigrant Rights Advocacy
  • 1. The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: Spatializing Justice in an Ethnic “Enclave”
  • 2. Organizing Workers along Ethnic Lines: The Pilipino Workers’ Center
  • 3. Alliance-Building and Organizing for Immigrant Rights: The Case of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
  • 4. Building Power for “Noncitizen Citizenship”: A Case Study of the Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network
  • Part II. Occupational and Industry-Focused Organizing Campaigns
  • 5. The Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance
  • 6. From Legal Advocacy to Organizing: Progressive Lawyering and the Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign
  • 7. NDLON and the History of Day Labor Organizing in Los Angeles
  • 8. The Garment Worker Center and the “Forever 21” Campaign
  • Part III. Unions and Low-Wage Worker Organizing
  • 9. Ally to Win: Black Community Leaders and SEIU’s L. A. Security Unionization Campaign
  • 10. From the Shop to the Streets: UNITE HERE Organizing in Los Angeles Hotels
  • 11. The Janitorial Industry and the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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