precarious workers and the future of the labor movement Milkman, Ruth 1954- ed. of comp. Ott, Ed ed. of comp. text bibliography nyu Ithaca ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2014 monographic eng Eng

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ix, 352 p. ; 24 cm Introduction : toward a new labor movement : organizing New York City's precariat / Ruth Milkman -- Taking aim at Target : West Indian immigrant workers confront the difficulties of big-box organizing / Ben Becker -- Organizing immigrant supermarket workers in Brooklyn : a union-community partnership / Ben Shapiro -- Faith, community and labor : challenges and opportunities in the New York City living wage campaign / Jeff Broxmeyer and Erin Michaels -- UNITED New York : fighting for a fair economy in "the year of the protester" / Lynne Turner -- Infusing craft identity into a non-craft industry : the retail action project / Peter Ikeler -- Street vendors in and against the global city : VAMOS Unidos / Kathleen Dunn -- Protecting and representing workers in the new gig economy : the case of the Freelancers Union / Martha King -- The high-touch model : Make the Road New York's participatory approach to immigrant organizing / Jane McAlevey -- Bridging city trenches : the New York Civic Participation Project / Steve McFarland -- Creating open space to promote social justice : the MinKwon Center for Community Action / Susan McQuade -- An appetite for justice : the Restaurant Opportunities center of New York / Marnie Brady -- Not waiting for permission : the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and 21st century bargaining / Mischa Gaus -- Prepare to win : Domestic Workers United's strategic transitions following the passage of the New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights / Harmony Goldberg -- Afterword : lessons from the new labor movement for the old / Ed Ott. edited by Ruth Milkman and Ed Ott. Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-340) and index. n-us-ny Precarious employment New York (State) New York Labor unions Organizing New York (State) New York Labor movement New York (State) New York Empleo precario New York (Estado) New York Sindicatos New York (Estado) New York Movimiento obrero New York (Estado) New York HD 5858 N532 2014 331.8809747/1 9780801452833 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801479373 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2013032650 NIC/DLC 130812 20230410115430.0 128576 eng