Immigrants, unions, and the new U.S. labor market / / Immanuel Ness
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| Autore: |
Ness Immanuel
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| Titolo: |
Immigrants, unions, and the new U.S. labor market / / Immanuel Ness
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.6/2/097471 |
| Soggetto topico: | Foreign workers - New York (State) - New York |
| Working class - New York (State) - New York | |
| Labor movement - New York (State) - New York | |
| Foreign workers - Labor unions - Organizing - New York (State) - New York | |
| Immigrants - New York (State) - New York | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-217) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; 1 Why New Immigrants Organize; 2 The Political Economy of Transnational Labor in New York City: The Context for Immigrant Worker Militancy; 3 Unions and Immigrant Worker Organizing: New Models for New Workers; 4 Mexican Immigrants, Class Formation, and Union Organizing in New York's Greengrocery Industry; 5 Francophone West African Supermarket Delivery Workers Autonomous Union Organizing Outside of a Union; 6 Black-Car Drivers: Industrial Restructuring and New Worker Organizing; 7 The Post-September 11 Economic Crisis and the Government Crackdown on Immigrant Workers |
| 8 Parallel Organizing: Immigrants and UnionsNotes; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In recent years, New Yorkers have been surprised to see workers they had taken for granted-Mexicans in greengroceries, West African supermarket deliverymen and South Asian limousine drivers-striking, picketing, and seeking support for better working conditions. Suddenly, businesses in New York and the nation had changed and were now dependent upon low-paid immigrants to fill the entry-level jobs that few native-born Americans would take. Immigrants, Unions, and the New U.S. Labor Market tells the story of these workers' struggle for living wages, humane working conditions, and the |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Immigrants, Unions, and The New U.S. Labor Market |
| ISBN: | 1-282-94006-6 |
| 9786612940064 | |
| 1-59213-802-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814676803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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