Mobilizing against inequality : unions, immigrant workers, and the crisis of capitalism / edited by Lee H. Adler, Maite Tapia, and Lowell Turner ; foreword by Ana Avendaño.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avendaño, Ana, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Adler, Lee H., editor.

Tapia, Maite, editor.

Turner, Lowell, editor.

Series:

Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series ; Number 15.

Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series ; Number 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minority labor union members--Case studies.

Minority labor union members.

Labor movement--Case studies.

Labor movement.

Foreign workers--Labor unions--Organizing--Case studies.

Foreign workers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : ILR Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Among the many challenges that global liberalization has posed for trade unions, the growth of precarious immigrant workforces lacking any collective representation stands out as both a major threat to solidarity and an organizing opportunity. Believing that collective action is critical in the struggle to lift the low wages and working conditions of immigrant workers, the contributors to Mobilizing against Inequality set out to study union strategies toward immigrant workers in four countries: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and United States. Their research revealed both formidable challenges and inspiring examples of immigrant mobilization that often took shape as innovative social counter movements. Using case studies from a carwash organizing campaign in the United States, a sans papiers movement in France, Justice for Cleaners in the United Kingdom, and integration approaches by the Metalworkers Union in Germany, among others, the authors look at the strategies of unions toward immigrants from a comparative perspective. Although organizers face a different set of obstacles in each country, this book points to common strategies that offer promise for a more dynamic model of unionism is the global North. The editors have also created a companion website for the book, which features literature reviews, full case studies, updates, and links to related publications. Visit it at www.mobilizing-against-inequality.info.Contributors: Lee H. Adler, Cornell University; Gabriella Alberti, Leeds University; Daniel B. Cornfield, Vanderbilt University; Michael Fichter, Global Labour University, Berlin; Janice Fine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Jane Holgate, Leeds University; Denisse Roca-Servat, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Colombia; Maite Tapia, Michigan State University; Lowell Turner, Cornell University.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Part I. Unions and The Mobilization of Immigrant Workers

1. Organizing Immigrant Workers / Turner, Lowell

2. Union Campaigns as Countermovements / Tapia, Maite / Turner, Lowell / Roca-Servat, Denisse

Part II. Cases and National Contexts

3. The United States / Adler, Lee H. / Cornfield, Daniel B.

4. The United Kingdom / Tapia, Maite

5. France / Turner, Lowell

6. Germany / Adler, Lee H. / Fichter, Michael

Part III. Comparisons and Policy Implications

7. Opportunity and Choice for Unions Organizing Immigrant Workers / Alberti, Gabriella / Holgate, Jane / Turner, Lowell

8. The Countermovement Needs a Movement (and A Counterstrategy) / Fine, Janice / Holgate, Jane

9. Integrative Organizing in Polarized Times / Cornfield, Daniel B.

Notes

References

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780801470233

0801470234

9780801479335

0801479339

9780801470240

0801470242

OCLC:

1080549174