{"product_id":"working-for-justice-the-l-a-model-of-organizing-and-advocacy-hardback-9780801448584","title":"Working for Justice; The L.a. Model of Organizing and Advocacy (Hardback) 9780801448584","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWorking for Justice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe L.a. Model of Organizing and Advocacy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRuth Milkman (Edited by), Joshua Bloom (Edited by), Victor Narro (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801448584\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorking for Justice\u003c\/i\u003e serves both to refine and expand our knowledge of employee representation in Los Angeles through a collection of chapters related to union- and worker center-led efforts' on behalf of low-wage earning individuals. It offers a nuanced study of specific instances in which unions and advocacy groups have sought to organize low-wage workers.... The collection also takes us beyond the well-trodden ground of union advocacy in Los Angeles, introducing readers to the importance of worker centers within the region.... In so doing, the authors cover tremendously varied terrain while concurrently interweaving numerous threads of commonalities across the campaigns and organizing efforts to create a portrait of the intricate links between union and nonunion worker groups, a picture that most fully emerges in the excellent afterword.\u003c\/p\u003e - J. Ryan Lamare (ILR Review) \u003cp\u003eThe essays in this volume offer us not only an informative account of some of the most vibrant and creative organizing campaigns to have emerged in recent years; they may also provide a glimpse of labor's future.\u003c\/p\u003e - Joseph A. McCartin (Labor\/Le Travail)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorking for Justice, which includes eleven case studies of recent low-wage worker organizing campaigns in Los Angeles, makes the case for a distinctive \"L.A. Model\" of union and worker center organizing.\u003c\/b\u003e Networks linking advocates in worker centers and labor unions facilitate mutual learning and synergy and have generated a shared repertoire of economic justice strategies. The organized labor movement in Los Angeles has weathered the effects of deindustrialization and deregulation better than unions in other parts of the United States, and this has helped to anchor the city's wider low-wage worker movement. Los Angeles is also home to the nation's highest concentration of undocumented immigrants, making it especially fertile territory for low-wage worker organizing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case studies in Working for Justice are all based on original field research on organizing campaigns among L.A. day laborers, garment workers, car wash workers, security officers, janitors, taxi drivers, hotel workers as well as the efforts of ethnically focused worker centers and immigrant rights organizations. The authors interviewed key organizers, gained access to primary documents, and conducted participant observation. Working for Justice is a valuable resource for sociologists and other scholars in the interdisciplinary field of labor studies, as well as for advocates and policymakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003ci\u003eby Joshua Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003ci\u003eby Ruth Milkman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Worker Centers, Ethnic Communities, and Immigrant Rights Advocacy\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 1. The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: Spatializing Justice in an Ethnic \"Enclave\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Jong Bum Kwon\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 2. Organizing Workers along Ethnic Lines: The Pilipino Workers' Center\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Nazgol Ghandnoosh\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 3. Alliance-Building and Organizing for Immigrant Rights: The Case of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Caitlin C. Patler\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 4. Building Power for \"Noncitizen Citizenship\": A Case Study of the Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Chinyere Osuji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Occupational and Industry-Focused Organizing Campaigns\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 5. The Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Jacqueline Leavitt and Gary Blasi\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 6. From Legal Advocacy to Organizing: Progressive Lawyering and the Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Susan Garea and Sasha Alexandra Stern\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 7. NDLON and the History of Day Labor Organizing in Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Maria Dziembowska\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 8. The Garment Worker Center and the \"Forever 21\" Campaign\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Nicole A. Archer, Ana Luz Gonzalez, Kimi Lee, Simmi Gandhi, and Delia Herrera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Unions and Low-Wage Worker Organizing\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 9. Ally to Win: Black Community Leaders and SEIU's L. A. Security Unionization Campaign\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Joshua Bloom\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 10. From the Shop to the Streets: UNITE HERE Organizing in Los Angeles Hotels\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Forrest Stuart\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 11. The Janitorial Industry and the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Karina Muñiz\u003c\/i\u003eAfterword \u003ci\u003eby Victor Narro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e About the Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ILR Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541627171096,"sku":"9780801448584","price":78.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/working-for-justice-the-l-a-model-of-organizing-and-advocacy-hardback-9780801448584","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}