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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-282) and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2009034828 |
ISBN | 9780801448584 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN | 9780801475801 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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