Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds : : Local Solidarity in a Global Economy /

Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds : : Local Solidarity in a Global Economy / / ed. by Daniel B. Cornfield, Lowell Turner.

Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds examines a diverse array of innovative strategies for revitalizing the labor movement by forming alliances outside the workplace with a variety of community groups, social movements, and faith-based organizations, particularly those that address civil rights, imm...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Applegate, Ron,
Byrd, Barbara,
Canak, William,
Cornfield, Daniel B.,
Day, Benjamin,
Evans, Peter B.,
Evans, Peter,
Fleron, Lou Jean,
Greer, Ian,
Hauptmeier, Marco,
Holgate, Jane,
Jacobi, Otto,
Kwon, Heiwon,
Luce, Stephanie,
Nissen, Bruce,
Reynolds, David,
Rhee, Nari,
Russo, Monica,
Sadler, Julie Anna,
Sellers, Jefferey M.,
Turner, Lowell,
Wills, Jane,
HerausgeberIn:
Cornfield, Daniel B.,
Turner, Lowell,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2007
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 11 tables, 3 charts/graphs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • INTRODUCTION. An Urban Resurgence of Social Unionism
  • Part I. URBAN ISSUES AND CAMPAIGNS
  • 1. The U.S. Living Wage Movement: Building Coalitions from the Local Level in a Global Economy
  • 2. Unions and the Strategic Context of Local Governance: A Comparative Overview
  • 3. Organizing for Equitable Economic Development: The Significance of Community Empowerment Organizations for Unions
  • 4. Building Coalitions for Regional Power: Labor’s Emerging Urban Strategy
  • Part II. UNION TOWNS
  • 5. The Politics of Labor in Boston: Geographies of Union Renewal
  • 6. Two Paths to the High Road: The Dynamics of Coalition Building in Seattle and Buffalo
  • 7. Political Insiders and Social Activists: Coalition Building in New York and Los Angeles
  • Part III. FRONTIER CITIES
  • 8. Strategies for Labor Revitalization: The Case of Miami
  • 9. Immigrants and Labor in a Globalizing City: Prospects for Coalition Building in Nashville
  • 10. Building an Inclusive City: Labor-Community Coalitions and the Struggle for Urban Power in San Jose
  • Part IV. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
  • 11. Special Interests and Public Goods: Organized Labor’s Coalition Politics in Hamburg and Seattle
  • 12. Organizing Labor in London: Lessons from the Campaign for a Living Wage
  • 13. Restructuring without Unions: The Polycentric Region of Greater Frankfurt
  • Conclusion. Seeking Solidarity ... Why, and with Whom?
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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