LEADER 05200oam 2200673M 450 001 9910809900703321 005 20200324081413.0 010 $a1-315-22426-7 010 $a0-89503-486-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275259 035 $a(EBL)3117796 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000778602 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12398308 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000778602 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10763724 035 $a(PQKB)10058357 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3117796 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3117796 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10607817 035 $a(OCoLC)820828986 035 $a(OCoLC)1082213941 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1082213941 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781351843379 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275259 100 $a20181112h20182005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLabor-environmental Coalitions $eLessons from a Louisiana Petrochemical Region /$fby Thomas Estabrook, Charles Levenstein and John Wooding 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aBoca Raton, FL :$cRoutledge,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 225 0 $aWork, health, and environment series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-89503-307-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index. 327 $a""Labor-Environmental Coalitions: Lessons from a Louisiana Petrochemical Region""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1. Labor and Environment: Out of Crisis, a Progressive Spark*""; ""Chapter 2. Building a Theory of Labor-Community Coalitions""; ""Chapter 3. Labor-Environmental History: From Collaboration to Division and Back Again""; ""Chapter 4. The BASF Lockout and the Origins of the Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project""; ""Chapter 5. The Flow and Ebb of the Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project"" 327 $a""Chapter 6. Building Winning Labor-Community Politics""""References""; ""Index""; ""Selected Titles from the Work, Health and Environment Series""; ""A Selection of Titles from the Work, Health and Environment Series""; ""Back Cover"" 330 3 $aIn 1984, the oil, chemical and atomic workers began a 5-year campaign to win back the jobs of its members locked out by the BASF Corp. in Geismar, Louisiana. The multiscale campaign involved coalitions with local environmentalists as well as international solidarity from environmental and religious organizations. The local coalition which helped break the lockout was maintained and expanded in the 1990s. This alliance is one of numerous labor-community coalitions to emerge increasingly over the past 20 years.""Labor-Environmental Coalitions: Lessons from a Louisiana Petrochemical Region"" traces the development of the Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project from 1985 to the present, within the context of a long history of divisions between labor and community in the U.S. The Project continued after the lockout, thriving during 1990s, expanding from one community to four counties to include 20 local member organizations, and broadening its agenda from the original jobs crisis and pollution problems to address a wide range of worker, environmental health, and economic justice issues."" Labor-Environmental Coalitions"" explores the dynamics of the Louisiana coalition to offer lessons for other coalition efforts. The book seeks to understand coalitions as a necessary strategy to counteract the dominant forces of capitalist development. The author contends that the Labor-Neighbor Project, like labor-community coalitions generally, created a unique blend of politics shaped by the geographic nature industry's politics; by the relative openness of government; and by the class experience of labor and community members. The Louisiana Project demonstrates that for labor-community coalitions to thrive they must broaden their agenda, strengthen their leadership and coalition-building skills, and develop access to multiscale resources. The author argues that for labor-community coalitions to have longer term political impact, they should adopt an explicitly progressive approach by building a broader class and cultural leadership, and by demanding state and corporate accountability on economic, public health, and environmental justice issues. 410 0$aWork, Health and Environment Series 606 $aWorking class$xPolitical activity$zLouisiana$vCase studies 606 $aPetroleum chemicals industry$xEnvironmental aspects$zLouisiana$vCase studies 606 $aEnvironmental protection$zLouisiana$xCitizen participation$vCase studies 615 0$aWorking class$xPolitical activity 615 0$aPetroleum chemicals industry$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aEnvironmental protection$xCitizen participation 676 $a331.88 700 $aEstabrook$b Thomas$01653470 702 $aLevenstein$b Charles 702 $aWooding$b John 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809900703321 996 $aLabor-environmental Coalitions$94004801 997 $aUNINA