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Working for justice : the L.A. model of organizing and advocacy / edited by Ruth Milkman, Joshua Bloom, and Victor Narro.

Other author/creatorMilkman, Ruth, 1954-
Other author/creatorBloom, Joshua.
Other author/creatorNarro, Victor, 1963-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoIthaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press,
Descriptionxi, 296 p. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents pt. 1. Worker centers, ethnic communities, and immigrant rights advocacy: The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: spatializing justice in an ethnic "enclave" / Jong Bum Kwon -- Organizing workers along ethnic lines: the Philipino Workers' Center / Nazgol Ghandnoosh -- Alliance-building and organizing for immigrant rights: the case of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles / Caitlin C. Patler -- Building power for "noncitizen citizenship": a case study of the Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network / Chinyere Osuji -- pt. 2. Occupational and industry-focused campaigns: The Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance / Jacqueline Leavitt and Gary Blasi -- From legal advocacy to organizing: progressive lawyering and the Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign / Susan Garea and Sasha Alexandra Stern -- NDLON and the history of day labor organizing in Los Angeles / Maria Dziembowska -- The Garment Worker Center and the "Forever 21" campaign / Nicole A. Archer and others -- pt. 3. Unions and low-wage worker organizing: Ally to win: Black community leaders and SEIU's L.A. security unionization campaign / Joshua Bloom -- From the shop to the streets: UNITE HERE organizing in Los Angeles hotels / Forrest Stuart -- The janitorial industry and the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund / Karina Muñiz.
General note"ILR/Cornell paperbacks"--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-282) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009034828
ISBN9780801448584 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801475801 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0801448581 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801475805 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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