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Immigrants, unions, and the new U.S. labor market / / Immanuel Ness



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Autore: Ness Immanuel Visualizza persona
Titolo: Immigrants, unions, and the new U.S. labor market / / Immanuel Ness Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-94006-6
9786612940064
1-59213-802-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814676803321
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