Unions and the City : : Negotiating Urban Change /

Unions and the City : : Negotiating Urban Change / / ed. by Ian Thomas MacDonald.

Labor unions remain the largest membership-based organizations in major North American cities, even after years of decline. Labor continues to play a vital role in mobilizing urban residents, shaping urban conflict, and crafting the policies and regulations that are transforming our urban spaces. As...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
MitwirkendeR:
Black, Simon,
Figueroa, Maria,
Gray, Lois S.,
MacDonald, Ian Thomas,
Nugent, James,
Schaller, Susanna F.,
Tufts, Steven,
Wagner, K. C.,
Warner, Mildred E.,
Wieditz, Thorben,
HerausgeberIn:
MacDonald, Ian Thomas,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (260 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms
  • Introduction. The Urbanization of Union Strategy and Struggle
  • Part 1. LABOR AND THE HOSPITABLE CITY
  • Introduction
  • 1. Labor Strategy and the Politics of Elite Division in Midtown Manhattan
  • 2. Organized Labor and Casino Politics in Toronto
  • Part 2. LABOR AND THE CREATIVE CITY
  • Introduction
  • 3. New York Film Production Unions Enter the Political Arena in Search of Tax Subsidies
  • 4. Film Unions' Struggle to Defend Studio Space in Toronto
  • Part 3. LABOR AND THE SUSTAINABLE CITY
  • Introduction
  • 5. Building a Green New York
  • 6. Struggling for Good Green Jobs in Toronto's Deindustrializing Suburbs
  • Part 4. LABOR AND THE CARING CITY
  • Introduction
  • 7. Creating a City for Workers
  • 8. In Defense of "Gold-Plated" Child Care
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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