Suburban sweatshops : the fight for immigrant rights / Jennifer Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Workplace Project (Organization).

Foreign workers--United States.

Foreign workers.

Employee rights--United States.

Employee rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1992 Gordon founded the Workplace Project to help immigrant workers in the underground suburban economy of Long Island, New York. In a story of gritty determination and surprising hope, she weaves together Latino immigrant life and legal activism to tell the unexpected tale of how the most vulnerable workers in society came together to demand fair wages, safe working conditions, and respect from employers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. The New Sweatshops

2. The Workplace Project Story

3. Paths to Participation

4. Rights Talk and Collective Action

5. A Legal Clinic and Organizing

6. Noncitizen Citizenship

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-348) and index.

ISBN:

9780674263925

0674263928

9780674037823

0674037820

OCLC:

1013938767