02700nam 22006374a 450 991045550930332120200520144314.00-8078-6241-X(CKB)111087027918650(EBL)413278(OCoLC)476236650(SSID)ssj0000199516(PQKBManifestationID)11172676(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199516(PQKBWorkID)10185327(PQKB)11352182(MiAaPQ)EBC413278(Au-PeEL)EBL413278(CaPaEBR)ebr10202624(EXLCZ)9911108702791865020020829d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Maya of Morganton[electronic resource] work and community in the nuevo new south /Leon Fink, with research assistance from Alvis E. DunnChapel Hill, N.C. University of North Carolina Pressc20031 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5447-6 0-8078-2774-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-238) and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. TheWay It Is in Morganton; 2. Flight of the Happy Farmers; 3. How the Dead Helped to Organize the Living; 4. No One Leader; 5. TheWorkers Are Ready; 6. Changing Places; 7. Sticking Together; Notes; Glossary of Spanish Terms; Index; The arrival of several hundred Guatemalan-born workers in a Morganton, North Carolina poultry plant sets the stage for this story of human struggle in an age of globalization. The author follows what happened when concerns about fairness and safety sparked a strike and an unlikely coalition.Poultry plantsNorth CarolinaMorgantonEmployeesLabor disputesNorth CarolinaMorgantonPoultry plantsEmployeesLabor unionsNorth CarolinaMorgantonForeign workers, GuatemalanNorth CarolinaMorgantonMayasNorth CarolinaMorgantonElectronic books.Poultry plantsEmployees.Labor disputesPoultry plantsEmployeesLabor unionsForeign workers, GuatemalanMayas331.6/27281075685Fink Leon1948-532588Dunn Alvis E980876MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455509303321The Maya of Morganton2238368UNINA