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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ness, Immanuel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers--New York (State)--New York.

Foreign workers.

Working class--New York (State)--New York.

Working class.

Labor movement--New York (State)--New York.

Labor movement.

Foreign workers--Labor unions--Organizing--New York (State)--New York.

Immigrants--New York (State)--New York.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-217) and index.

ISBN:

9786612940064

9781282940062

1282940066

9781592138029

1592138020

OCLC:

813292608