Introduction -- Socio-economics and conflict in sending remittances from New York City's unstable labour markets to Peru / Alex Julca -- Driving taxis in New York City : who wants to do it? / Diditi Mitra -- Organizing greengrocery workers in New York City / Immanuel Ness -- Models of worker...

"By 1914, millions of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe were doing the dirtiest, most dangerous jobs in America's mines, mills and factories. The next decade saw major economic and demographic changes and indoctrination of immigrant populations with labor movement ideology. In...