Worker centers
Subtitle: organizing communities at the edge of the dream
By: by Janice Fine.
Publisher: Cornell University Press; ILR Press/Cornell University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780801444234; 9780801472572
Subjects: Alien labor -- Services for -- United States; Immigrants -- Services for -- United States; Employment agencies -- United States; Community centers -- United States; Community organization -- United States; Alien labor -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins and characteristics of worker centers; title: Putting worker centers in context; title: Organizing at the intersection of ethnicity, race, and class; title: Delivering services on the frontlines; title: Economic action organizing; title: Relationships with unions; title: Public policy enforcement and reform; title: Immigrant rights and social justice; title: The internal life of worker centers; title: Networking, structures, and practices; title: A holistic assessment of the worker center phenomenon.