LEADER 04297nam 2200817 a 450 001 9910810557203321 005 20240416114801.0 010 $a0-8014-6533-8 010 $a1-336-20793-0 010 $a0-8014-6577-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801465772 035 $a(CKB)2550000001192945 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000755335 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11413753 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755335 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10730459 035 $a(PQKB)10861717 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001503442 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138385 035 $a(OCoLC)966902908 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51834 035 $a(DE-B1597)478272 035 $a(OCoLC)979622633 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801465772 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138385 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10612413 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL752079 035 $a(OCoLC)922998321 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001192945 100 $a20120615d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConflicting commitments $ethe politics of enforcing immigrant worker rights in San Jose and Houston /$fShannon Gleeson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIthaca, N.Y. $cILR Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-8014-7814-6 311 $a0-8014-5121-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWork in postindustrial America -- Implementing the legal rights of undocumented workers -- Place matters : how local governments enforce immigrant worker rights -- Beyond government : how civil society serves, organizes and advocates for immigrant workers -- Advocating across borders : consular strategies for protecting Mexican immigrant workers -- Conclusion : making rights real for immigrant workers. 330 $a"In Conflicting Commitments, Shannon Gleeson goes beyond the debate over federal immigration policy to examine the complicated terrain of immigrant worker rights. Federal law requires that basic labor standards apply to all workers, yet this principle clashes with increasingly restrictive immigration laws and creates a confusing bureaucratic terrain for local policymakers and labor advocates. Gleeson examines this issue in two of the largest immigrant gateways in the country: San Jose, California, and Houston, Texas. Conflicting Commitments reveals two cities with very different approaches to addressing the exploitation of immigrant workers--both involving the strategic coordination of a range of bureaucratic brokers, but in strikingly different ways. Drawing on the real life accounts of ordinary workers, federal, state, and local government officials, community organizers, and consular staff, Gleeson argues that local political contexts matter for protecting undocumented workers in particular. Providing a rich description of the bureaucratic minefields of labor law, and the explosive politics of immigrant rights, Gleeson shows how the lessons learned from San Jose and Houston can inform models for upholding labor and human rights in the United States"--Publisher's Web site. 606 $aForeign workers$zCalifornia$zSan Jose 606 $aForeign workers$zTexas$zHouston 606 $aForeign workers$xLegal status, laws, etc$zCalifornia$zSan Jose 606 $aForeign workers$xLegal status, laws, etc$zTexas$zHouston 606 $aEmployee rights$zCalifornia$zSan Jose 606 $aEmployee rights$zTexas$zHouston 606 $aNoncitizens$zCalifornia$zSan Jose 606 $aNoncitizens$zTexas$zHouston 606 $aIllegal immigration 615 0$aForeign workers 615 0$aForeign workers 615 0$aForeign workers$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aForeign workers$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aEmployee rights 615 0$aEmployee rights 615 0$aNoncitizens 615 0$aNoncitizens 615 0$aIllegal immigration. 676 $a331.6/2097641411 700 $aGleeson$b Shannon$f1980-$01022639 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810557203321 996 $aConflicting commitments$93995986 997 $aUNINA