Labor in the new urban battlegrounds
Subtitle: local solidarity in a global economy
By: edited by Lowell Turner and Daniel B. Cornfield ; with a foreword by Peter Evans.
Contributors: Turner, Lowell.; Cornfield, Daniel B.
Series: Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series -- no. 12
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780801445514; 9780801473609
Subjects: Labor movement -- United States; Labor unions -- United States; Community development, Urban -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: The U.S. living wage movement : building coalitions from the local level in a global economy / Stephanie Luce; title: Unions and the strategic context of local governance : a comparative overview / Jefferey Sellers; title: Organizing for equitable economic development : the significance of community empowerment organizations for unions / Ron Applegate; title: Building coalitions for regional power : labor's emerging urban strategy / David Reynolds; title: The politics of labor in Boston : geographies of union renewal / Heiwon Kwon and Benjamin Day; title: Two paths to the high road : the dynamics of coalition building in Seattle and Buffalo / Ian Greer, Barbara Byrd, and Lou Jean Fleron; title: Political insiders and social activists : coalition building in New York and Los Angeles / Marco Hauptmeier and Lowell Turner; title: Strategies for labor revitalization : the case of Miami / Bruce Nissen and Monica Russo; title: Immigrants and labor in a globalizing city : prospects for coalition building in Nashville / Daniel B. Cornfield and William Canak; title: Building an inclusive city : labor-community coalitions and urban power in San Jose / Nari Rhee and Julie Sadler; title: Special interests and public goods : organized labor's coalition politics in Hamburg and Seattle / Ian Greer; title: Organizing labor in London : lessons from the campaign for a living wage / Jane Holgate and Jane Wills; title: Restructuring without unions : the polycentric region of Greater Frankfurt / Otto Jacobi; title: Conclusion : seeking solidarity; title: why, and with whom? / Daniel B. Cornfield.