Conflicting Commitments : : The Politics of Enforcing Immigrant Worker Rights in San Jose and Houston / / Shannon Gleeson.
In Conflicting Commitments, Shannon Gleeson goes beyond the debate over federal immigration policy to examine the complicated terrain of immigrant worker rights. Federal law requires that basic labor standards apply to all workers, yet this principle clashes with increasingly restrictive immigration...
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Gleeson, Shannon, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Conflicting Commitments : The Politics of Enforcing Immigrant Worker Rights in San Jose and Houston / Shannon Gleeson. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource (288 p.) : 2 tables, 4 charts text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Immigrant Labor in the United States -- 1. Work in Postindustrial America -- 2. Implementing the Legal Rights of Undocumented Workers -- 3. Place Matters: How Local Governments Enforce Immigrant Worker Rights -- 4. Beyond Government: How Civil Society Serves, Organizes, and Advocates for Immigrant Workers -- 5. Advocating across Borders: Consular Strategies for Protecting Mexican Immigrant Workers -- Conclusion: Making Rights Real for Immigrant Workers -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In Conflicting Commitments, Shannon Gleeson goes beyond the debate over federal immigration policy to examine the complicated terrain of immigrant worker rights. Federal law requires that basic labor standards apply to all workers, yet this principle clashes with increasingly restrictive immigration laws and creates a confusing bureaucratic terrain for local policymakers and labor advocates. Gleeson examines this issue in two of the largest immigrant gateways in the country: San Jose, California, and Houston, Texas.Conflicting Commitments reveals two cities with very different approaches to addressing the exploitation of immigrant workers-both involving the strategic coordination of a range of bureaucratic brokers, but in strikingly different ways. Drawing on the real life accounts of ordinary workers, federal, state, and local government officials, community organizers, and consular staff, Gleeson argues that local political contexts matter for protecting undocumented workers in particular. Providing a rich description of the bureaucratic minefields of labor law, and the explosive politics of immigrant rights, Gleeson shows how the lessons learned from San Jose and Houston can inform models for upholding labor and human rights in the United States. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Employee rights California San Jose. Employee rights Texas Houston. Foreign workers California San Jose. Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc California San Jose. Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc Texas Houston. Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. California San Jose. Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. Texas Houston. Foreign workers Texas Houston. Illegal aliens California San Jose. Illegal aliens Texas Houston California San Jose Texas Houston. Illegal aliens Texas Houston. Illegal immigration California San Jose. Illegal immigration Texas Houston. Noncitizens California San Jose. Noncitizens Texas Houston. Labor History. Latin American & Caribbean Studies. Sociology & Social Science. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801451218 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801465772 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801465772 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801465772/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Immigrant Labor in the United States -- 1. Work in Postindustrial America -- 2. Implementing the Legal Rights of Undocumented Workers -- 3. Place Matters: How Local Governments Enforce Immigrant Worker Rights -- 4. Beyond Government: How Civil Society Serves, Organizes, and Advocates for Immigrant Workers -- 5. Advocating across Borders: Consular Strategies for Protecting Mexican Immigrant Workers -- Conclusion: Making Rights Real for Immigrant Workers -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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