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Author Jayaraman, Sarumathi, 1975-

Title The new urban immigrant workforce : innovative models for labor organizing / Sarumathi Jayaraman and Immanuel Ness
Published Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., [2005]
©2005

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 MELB  331.8912086912 Jay/Nui  AVAILABLE
Description vii, 168 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction -- Socio-economics and conflict in sending remittances from New York City's unstable labour markets to Peru / Alex Julca -- Driving taxis in New York City : who wants to do it? / Diditi Mitra -- Organizing greengrocery workers in New York City / Immanuel Ness -- Models of worker organizing / Saru Jayaraman and Immanuel Ness -- La alianza para la justica : a team approach to immigrant worker organizing / Saru Jayaraman -- Center stage : domestic workers organizing in the global city / Ai-Jen Poo and Eric Tang -- Organizing in the South Asian domestic worker community : pushing the boundaries of the law and organizing project / Monika Batra -- Organizing case study : restaurant opportunities center of New York / Saru Jayaraman
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-159) and index
Subject Foreign workers -- United States -- Organizing
Foerign workers -- United States
Foreign workers -- United States.
Labor unions -- Organizing -- United States.
Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
Author Ness, Immanuel.
LC no. 2004030288
ISBN 0765615339 hardcover alkaline paper