Immigrants Unions & The New Us Labor Mkt

In recent years, New Yorkers have been surprised to see workers they had taken for granted-Mexicans in greengroceries, West African supermarket deliverymen and South Asian limousine drivers-striking, picketing, and seeking support for better working conditions. Suddenly, businesses in New York and the nation had changed and were now dependent upon low-paid immigrants to fill the entry-level jobs that few native-born Americans would take. Immigrants, Unions, and the New U.S. Labor Market tells the story of these workers' struggle for living wages, humane working conditions, and the

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Ness, Immanuel
Publisher:	Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press
Subject:	Gewerkschaft \| Trade union \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Einwanderung \| Immigration \| Arbeiterbewegung \| Labour movement \| Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft \| Union membership \| Arbeitsmarkt \| Labour market \| Gewerkschaftsbewegung \| Trade union movement \| Migrationspolitik \| Immigration policy \| Migranten \| Migrants
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (241 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Contents; Preface; 1 Why New Immigrants Organize; 2 The Political Economy of Transnational Labor in New York City: The Context for Immigrant Worker Militancy; 3 Unions and Immigrant Worker Organizing: New Models for New Workers; 4 Mexican Immigrants, Class Formation, and Union Organizing in New York's Greengrocery Industry; 5 Francophone West African Supermarket Delivery Workers Autonomous Union Organizing Outside of a Union; 6 Black-Car Drivers: Industrial Restructuring and New Worker Organizing; 7 The Post-September 11 Economic Crisis and the Government Crackdown on Immigrant Workers 8 Parallel Organizing: Immigrants and UnionsNotes; References; Index
ISBN:	978-1-59213-041-2 ; 978-1-59213-802-9 ; 978-1-59213-040-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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