Organizing Immigrants : : The Challenge for Unions in Contemporary California / / ed. by Ruth Milkman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bonacich, Edna,; Delgado, Hector L.,; Der-Martirosian, Claudia,; Erickson, Christopher L.,; Feliciano, Cynthia,; Fisk, Catherine L.,; Lopez, David,; Milkman, Ruth,; Mitchell, Daniel J. B.,; Sherman, Rachel,; Voss, Kim,; Waldinger, Roger,; Wells, Miriam J.,; Wong, Kent,; Zabin, Carol,
• HerausgeberIn: Milkman, Ruth,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 11 charts
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Who Does What? California's Emerging Plural Labor Force --; Chapter 2. Immigrant Workers and American Labor: Challenge ... or Disaster? --; Chapter 3. "Organize or Die": Labor's New Tactics and Immigrant Workers --; Chapter 4. Immigration and Unionization in the San Francisco Hotel Industry --; Chapter 5. Intense Challenges, Tentative Possibilities: Organizing Immigrant Garment Workers in Los Angeles --; Chapter 6. Organizing Latino Workers in the Los Angeles Manufacturing Sector: The Case of American Racing Equipment --; Chapter 7. Organizing the Wicked City: The 1992 Southern California Drywall Strike --; Chapter 8. Union Representation of Immigrant Janitors in Southern California: Economic and Legal Challenges --; Chapter 9. The Los Angeles Manufacturing Action Project: An Opportunity Squandered? --; References --; Notes on Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501728839; 9783110536157
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501728839
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Ruth Milkman.

Recruiting the growing numbers of immigrants into union ranks is imperative for the besieged U.S. labor movement. Nowhere is this task more pressing than in California, where immigrants make up a quarter of the population and hold many of the manual jobs that were once key strongholds of organized labor. The first book to offer in-depth coverage of this timely topic, Organizing Immigrants analyzes the recent history of and prospects for union organizing among foreign-born workers in the nation's most populous state.Are foreign-born workers more or less receptive to unionization than their native-born counterparts? Are undocumented immigrants as likely as legal residents and naturalized citizens to join unions? How much does the political, cultural, and ethnic background of immigrants matter? What are the social, political, and economic conditions that facilitate immigrant unionization?Drawing on newly collected evidence, the contributors to this volume explore these and other questions, analyzing immigrant employment and unionization trends in California and examining recent strikes and organizing efforts involving foreign-born workers. The case studies include both successful and unsuccessful campaigns, innovative and traditional strategies, and a variety of industrial and service sector settings.