Unions, immigration, and internationalization : new challenges and changing coalitions in the United States and France / Leah A. Haus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haus, Leah A., 1960-

Series:

Europe in transition (New York, N.Y.)

Europe in transition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--United States--History--20th century.

Labor unions.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

History.

United States.

Foreign workers--United States.

Foreign workers.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy--United States.

Emigration and immigration.

Labor unions--France--History--20th century.

Foreign workers--France.

France.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy--France.

Physical Description:

219 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

Summary:

Labor unions in France and the U.S. opposed certain restrictionist immigration policy measures in the late twentieth century, whereas they had pressured for restrictionism in the early twentieth century. Leah Haus asks why unions changed coalitions. Haus argues that one needs to focus on the challenges of internationalization to explain this change. Many union leaders consider economic internationalization and/or the internationalization of human rights as undermining the effectiveness and/or desirability of certain restrictionist measures. At the same time, many union leaders see support for certain non-restrictionist measures as a way to facilitate organizing immigrants, which is an alternative strategy for improving wages and work conditions.

Contents:

2 Explaining Union Immigration Policy Preferences: Economic Internationalization, Internationalization of Human Rights, and Organizing Immigrants 16

3 In Pursuit of Complete Control: Labor Unions and U.S. Immigration Policy in the Early Twentieth Century 39

4 Pragmatic Adaptation: Labor Unions and U.S. Immigration Policy in the Late Twentieth Century 63

5 French First: Labor Unions and French Immigration Policy in the Early Twentieth Century 104

6 Resisting Restrictionists: Labor Unions and French Immigration Policy in the Late Twentieth Century 126.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-212) and index.

ISBN:

0312294948

OCLC:

49403549