Working for justice : the L.A. model of organizing and advocacy / edited by Ruth Milkman, Joshua Bloom, and Victor Narro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Milkman, Ruth, 1954-

Bloom, Joshua.

Narro, Victor, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--California--Los Angeles.

Labor movement.

Labor unions--Organizing--California--Los Angeles.

Labor unions.

Working poor--California--Los Angeles.

Working poor.

Foreign workers--Labor unions--Organizing--California--Los Angeles.

Foreign workers.

Community centers--California--Los Angeles.

Community centers.

Community organization--California--Los Angeles.

Community organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Working for Justice, which includes eleven case studies of recent low-wage worker organizing campaigns in Los Angeles, makes the case for a distinctive "L.A. Model" of union and worker center organizing. Networks linking advocates in worker centers and labor unions facilitate mutual learning and synergy and have generated a shared repertoire of economic justice strategies. The organized labor movement in Los Angeles has weathered the effects of deindustrialization and deregulation better than unions in other parts of the United States, and this has helped to anchor the city's wider low-wage worker movement. Los Angeles is also home to the nation's highest concentration of undocumented immigrants, making it especially fertile territory for low-wage worker organizing. The case studies in Working for Justice are all based on original field research on organizing campaigns among L.A. day laborers, garment workers, car wash workers, security officers, janitors, taxi drivers, hotel workers as well as the efforts of ethnically focused worker centers and immigrant rights organizations. The authors interviewed key organizers, gained access to primary documents, and conducted participant observation. Working for Justice is a valuable resource for sociologists and other scholars in the interdisciplinary field of labor studies, as well as for advocates and policymakers.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword / Bloom, Joshua

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Milkman, Ruth

Part I. Worker Centers, Ethnic Communities, and Immigrant Rights Advocacy

1. The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: Spatializing Justice in an Ethnic "Enclave" / Kwon, Jong Bum

2. Organizing Workers along Ethnic Lines: The Pilipino Workers' Center / Ghandnoosh, Nazgol

3. Alliance-Building and Organizing for Immigrant Rights: The Case of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles / Patler, Caitlin C.

4. Building Power for "Noncitizen Citizenship": A Case Study of the Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network / Osuji, Chinyere

Part II. Occupational and Industry-Focused Organizing Campaigns

5. The Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance / Leavitt, Jacqueline / Blasi, Gary

6. From Legal Advocacy to Organizing: Progressive Lawyering and the Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign / Garea, Susan / Stern, Sasha Alexandra

7. NDLON and the History of Day Labor Organizing in Los Angeles / Dziembowska, Maria

8. The Garment Worker Center and the "Forever 21" Campaign / Archer, Nicole A. / Gonzalez, Ana Luz / Lee, Kimi / Gandhi, Simmi / Herrera, Delia

Part III. Unions and Low-Wage Worker Organizing

9. Ally to Win: Black Community Leaders and SEIU's L. A. Security Unionization Campaign / Bloom, Joshua

10. From the Shop to the Streets: UNITE HERE Organizing in Los Angeles Hotels / Stuart, Forrest

11. The Janitorial Industry and the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund / Muñiz, Karina

Afterword / Narro, Victor

Notes

References

Contributors

Index

Notes:

"ILR/Cornell paperbacks".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8014-7580-5

0-8014-5905-2

OCLC:

726824217