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Author:
Jayaraman, Sarumathi, 1975-
Title:
The new urban immigrant workforce : innovative models for labor organizing / Sarumathi Jayaraman and Immanuel Ness.
Publisher:
M.E. SharpeInc.,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
vii, 168 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Labor unions--Organizing--United States.
Alien labor--United States.
Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
Other Authors:
Ness, Immanuel.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Socio-economics and conflict in sending remittances from New York City's unstable labor markets to Peru -- Driving taxis in New York City: who wants to do it? -- Organizing greengrocery workers in New York City -- Models of worker organizing -- La alianza para la justica: a team approach to immigrant worker organizing -- Center stage: domestic workers organizing in the global city -- Organizing in the South Asian domestic worker community: pushing the boundaries of the law and organizing project -- Organizing case study: restaurant opportunities center of New York.
ISBN:
9780765615343 (pbk.)
0765615347 (pbk.)
9780765615336 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0765615339 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)57344184
(OCoLC)61701591
LCCN:
2004030288
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

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