Marginal Workers : : How Legal Fault Lines Divide Workers and Leave Them without Protection / / Ruben J. Garcia.
Undocumented and authorized immigrant laborers, female workers, workers of color, guest workers, and unionized workers together compose an enormous and diverse part of the labor force in America. Labor and employment laws are supposed to protect employees from various workplace threats, such as poor...
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Garcia, Ruben J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Marginal Workers : How Legal Fault Lines Divide Workers and Leave Them without Protection / Ruben J. Garcia. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Citizenship and Migration in the Americas ; 5 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: The Place of the Law in the Workplace -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Who Are the Marginal Workers? -- 2. Framing Workers’ Rights -- 3. New Voices at Work -- 4. Across the Borders -- 5. Labor as Property -- 6. A Global Understanding of Worker Protection -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Undocumented and authorized immigrant laborers, female workers, workers of color, guest workers, and unionized workers together compose an enormous and diverse part of the labor force in America. Labor and employment laws are supposed to protect employees from various workplace threats, such as poor wages, bad working conditions, and unfair dismissal. Yet as members of individual groups with minority status, the rights of many of these individuals are often dictated by other types of law, such as constitutional and immigration laws. Worse still, the groups who fall into these cracks in the legal system often do not have the political power necessary to change the laws for better protection.In Marginal Workers, Ruben J. Garcia demonstrates that when it comes to these marginal workers, the sum of the law is less than its parts, and, despite what appears to be a plethora of applicable statutes, marginal workers are frequently lacking in protection. To ameliorate the status of marginal workers, he argues for a new paradigm in worker protection, one based on human freedom and rights. 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 28. Mrz 2024) Discrimination in employment Law and legislation United States. Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc United States. Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. United States. Labor laws and legislation United States United States. Labor laws and legislation United States. Labor unions Law and legislation United States. Minorities Legal status, laws, etc United States. Minorities Legal status, laws, etc. United States. LAW / Emigration & Immigration. bisacsh https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814738634.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814738634 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814738634/original |
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