03161nam 2200841Ia 450 991097155090332120200520144314.0978067426392506742639289780674037823067403782010.4159/9780674037823(CKB)1000000000786925(StDuBDS)AH23050711(SSID)ssj0000487725(PQKBManifestationID)11360577(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487725(PQKBWorkID)10445978(PQKB)10720501(SSID)ssj0000253291(PQKBManifestationID)12093102(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000253291(PQKBWorkID)10186747(PQKB)23603136(MiAaPQ)EBC3300247(DE-B1597)457631(OCoLC)1013938767(OCoLC)1029831178(OCoLC)1032678677(OCoLC)1037969548(OCoLC)1041973057(OCoLC)1046622002(OCoLC)1046995293(OCoLC)434595726(OCoLC)979629070(DE-B1597)9780674037823(Au-PeEL)EBL3300247(CaPaEBR)ebr10314257(OCoLC)923109838(Perlego)1147273(EXLCZ)99100000000078692520040602d2005 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSuburban sweatshops the fight for immigrant rights /Jennifer Gordon1st ed.Cambridge, MA Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20051 online resource (364 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674024045 0674024044 9780674015241 067401524X Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-348) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The New Sweatshops -- 2. The Workplace Project Story -- 3. Paths to Participation -- 4. Rights Talk and Collective Action -- 5. A Legal Clinic and Organizing -- 6. Noncitizen Citizenship -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- IndexIn 1992 Gordon founded the Workplace Project to help immigrant workers in the underground suburban economy of Long Island, New York. In a story of gritty determination and surprising hope, she weaves together Latino immigrant life and legal activism to tell the unexpected tale of how the most vulnerable workers in society came together to demand fair wages, safe working conditions, and respect from employers.Foreign workersUnited StatesEmployee rightsUnited StatesForeign workersEmployee rights331.6/2/0973MS 3600rvkGordon Jennifer(Jennifer Lynn)1812358MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971550903321Suburban sweatshops4364744UNINA