Mobilizing Against Inequality : Unions, Immigrant Workers, and the Crisis of Capitalism.
Adler, Lee H.
Mobilizing Against Inequality : Unions, Immigrant Workers, and the Crisis of Capitalism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages) - Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series . - Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series .
Mobilizing Against Inequality -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Part I. Unions and the Mobilization of Immigrant Workers -- 1. Organizing Immigrant Workers -- 2. Union Campaigns as Countermovements: "Best Practice" Cases from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States -- Part II. Cases and National Contexts -- 3. The United States: Tackling Inequality in Precarious Times -- 4. The United Kingdom: Dialectic Approaches to Organizing Immigrant Workers, Postwar to 2012 -- 5. France: Battles for Inclusion, 1968-2010 -- 6. Germany: Success at the Core, Unresolved Challenges at the Periphery -- Part III. Comparisons and Policy Implications -- 7. Opportunity and Choice for Unions Organizing Immigrant Workers: A Comparison across Countries and Industries -- 8. The Countermovement Needs a Movement (and a Counterstrategy) -- 9. Integrative Organizing in Polarized Times: Toward Dynamic Trade Unionism in the Global North -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index.
The contributors to this volume set out to study union strategies toward immigrant workers in four countries: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and United States.
9780801470240
Minority labor union members -- Case studies.
Labor movement -- Case studies.
Foreign workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Case studies.
Electronic books.
HD6490
331.8732086912
Mobilizing Against Inequality : Unions, Immigrant Workers, and the Crisis of Capitalism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages) - Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series . - Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series .
Mobilizing Against Inequality -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Part I. Unions and the Mobilization of Immigrant Workers -- 1. Organizing Immigrant Workers -- 2. Union Campaigns as Countermovements: "Best Practice" Cases from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States -- Part II. Cases and National Contexts -- 3. The United States: Tackling Inequality in Precarious Times -- 4. The United Kingdom: Dialectic Approaches to Organizing Immigrant Workers, Postwar to 2012 -- 5. France: Battles for Inclusion, 1968-2010 -- 6. Germany: Success at the Core, Unresolved Challenges at the Periphery -- Part III. Comparisons and Policy Implications -- 7. Opportunity and Choice for Unions Organizing Immigrant Workers: A Comparison across Countries and Industries -- 8. The Countermovement Needs a Movement (and a Counterstrategy) -- 9. Integrative Organizing in Polarized Times: Toward Dynamic Trade Unionism in the Global North -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index.
The contributors to this volume set out to study union strategies toward immigrant workers in four countries: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and United States.
9780801470240
Minority labor union members -- Case studies.
Labor movement -- Case studies.
Foreign workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Case studies.
Electronic books.
HD6490
331.8732086912