New Labor in New York : Precarious Worker Organizing and the Labor Movement

This volume comprises thirteen fine-grained case studies of recent campaigns by worker centers and unions to organize the new "precariat" class of workers and to address the crisis facing the labor movement, each of which is based on original research and participant observation.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Milkman, Ruth
Other Persons:	Ott, Ed (contributor)
Publisher:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press
Subject:	Arbeiterbewegung \| Labour movement \| New York \| Gewerkschaftsbewegung \| Trade union movement \| Gewerkschaft \| Trade union \| Atypische Beschäftigung \| Non-standard employment \| Arbeitsmarkt \| Labour market
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (366 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record ""New Labor in New York""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Toward a New Labor Movement? Organizing New York Cityâ€?s Precariat""; ""Part I. IMMIGRANT UNION ORGANIZING AND UNION- COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS""; ""1. Taking Aim at Target: West Indian Immigrant Workers Confront the Difficulties of Big-Box Organizing""; ""2. Organizing Immigrant Supermarket Workers in Brooklyn: A Union- Community Partnership""; ""3. Faith, Community, and Labor: Challenges and Opportunities in the New York City Living Wage Campaign"" ""4. United New York: Fighting for a Fair Economy in â€œThe Year of the Protesterâ€?""""Part II. ORGANIZING THE PRECARIAT, OLD AND NEW""; ""5. Infusing Craft Identity into a Noncraft Industry: The Retail Action Project""; ""6. Street Vendors in and against the Global City: VAMOS Unidos""; ""7. Protecting and Representing Workers in the New Gig Economy: The Case of the Freelancers Union""; ""Part III. IMMIGRANT STRUGGLES FOR JUSTICE IN AND BEYOND THE WORKPLACE""; ""8. The High-Touch Model: Make the Road New Yorkâ€?s Participatory Approach to Immigrant Organizing"" ""9. Bridging City Trenches: The New York Civic Participation Project""""10. Creating â€œOpen Spaceâ€? to Promote Social Justice: The MinKwon Center for Community Action""; ""Part IV. GOING NATIONAL: NEW YORKâ€?S WORKER CENTERS EXPAND""; ""11. An Appetite for Justice: The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York""; ""12. Not Waiting for Permission: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance and Twenty- First-Century Bargaining""; ""13. â€œPrepare to Winâ€?: Domestic Workers Unitedâ€?s Strategic Transition following Passage of the New York Domestic Workersâ€? Bill of Rights"" ""Afterword: Lessons from the New Labor Movement for the Old""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""
ISBN:	978-0-8014-7937-3 ; 978-0-8014-7075-2 ; 978-0-8014-7937-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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