Title Unions and the city : negotiating urban change / edited by Ian Thomas MacDonald

Published Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource 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 Summary Labor unions remain the largest membership-based organizations in major North American cities, even after years of decline. Labor continues to play a vital role in mobilizing urban residents, shaping urban conflict, and crafting the policies and regulations that are transforming our urban spaces. As unions become more involved in the daily life of the city, they find themselves confronting the familiar dilemma of how to fold union priorities into broader campaigns that address nonunion workers and the lives of union members beyond the workplace. If we are right to believe that the future of the labor movement is an urban one, union activists and staffers, urban policymakers, elected officials, and members of the public alike will require a fuller understanding of what impels unions to become involved in urban policy issues, what dilemmas structure the choices unions make, and what impact unions have on the lives of urban residents, beyond their members. Unions and the City serves as a road map toward both a stronger labor movement and a socially just urbanism. The book presents the findings of a collaborative project in which a team of labor researchers and labor geographers based in New York City and Toronto investigated how and why labor unions were becoming more involved in urban regulation and urban planning. The contributors assess the effectiveness of this involvement in terms of labor goals--such as protecting employment levels, retaining bargaining relationships with employers, and organizing new workforces--as well as broader social consequences of union strategies, such as expanding access to public services, improving employment equity, and making neighborhoods more affordable. Focusing on four key economic sectors (film, hospitality, green energy, and child care), this book reveals that unions can exert a surprising level of influence in various aspects of urban policymaking and that they can have a significant impact on how cities are changing and on the experiences of urban residents. ContributorsSimon Black, Brock University; Maria Figueroa, Cornell University; Lois S. Gray, Cornell University; Ian Thomas MacDonald, University of Montreal; James Nugent, University of Toronto; Susanna F. Schaller, City College Center for Worker Education; Steven Tufts, York University; K.C. Wagner, Cornell University; Mildred Warner, Cornell University; Thorben Wieditz, York University Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject 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 POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Community development, Urban Labor movement Labor unions Sociology, Urban New York (State) -- New York Ontario -- Toronto Form Electronic book Author MacDonald, Ian Thomas, 1980- editor. LC no. 2016045168 ISBN 9781501712685 1501712683 9781501712692 1501712691

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