Title: Unions and the city : negotiating urban change /
Authors: MacDonald, Ian Thomas, 1980-; MacDonald, Ian Thomas, 1980-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Labor unions New York (State) New York.; Labor unions Ontario Toronto.; Labor movement New York (State) New York.; Labor movement Ontario Toronto.; Community development, Urban New York (State) New York.; Community development, Urban Ontario Toronto.; Sociology, Urban New York (State) New York.; Sociology, Urban Ontario Toronto.; Community development, Urban; Labor movement; Labor unions; Sociology, Urban.; New York (State) New York; Ontario Toronto
Contents: Labor strategy and the politics of elite division : negotiating the high road in midtown Manhattan / Ian MacDonald -- The particular politics of casino development in Toronto : organized labor and the great casino debate / Steven Tufts -- Film production unions? : efforts to incentivize local production in New York / Maria Figueroa and Lois S. Gray -- Film unions' struggle to defend studio space in Toronto / Thorben Wieditz -- Building a green New York : construction unions and community alliances / Maria Figueroa -- Community alliances struggling for good green jobs in Toronto's de-industrializing suburbs / James Nugent -- Creating a city for workers : union strategies on child care in NYC / Susanna F. Schaller, K.C. Wagner, Mildred E. Warner -- In defense of "gold-plated" child care : union struggles to preserve quality care and quality care work in Toronto's child care sector / Simon Black.