Worker centered : allyship and action in the contemporary labor movement /

Progressive political organising faces a chicken-and-egg predicament. On the one hand, those who are most impacted by a circumstance should be the ones identifying problems and developing solutions. On the other hand, simply being a worker does not make one a unionist or anti-capitalist. When activi...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Koenig, Biko
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Progressive political organising faces a chicken-and-egg predicament. On the one hand, those who are most impacted by a circumstance should be the ones identifying problems and developing solutions. On the other hand, simply being a worker does not make one a unionist or anti-capitalist. When activists are moved to address the perceived injustices that other groups experience, they can get caught in a strong tension between their professed ethic of bottom-up leadership and their desire to change the status quo. This book is a close-to-the-ground, ethnographic narrative of a workplace organising campaign at a company whose workforce was primarily low wage and immigrant. It details the overall strategy of the campaign and its ultimate failure to win its core demands.
Umfang:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-778493-3
0-19-778491-7
Schlagworte:
Labor unions > Organizing > Case studies.
Labor unions > Social aspects > Case studies.
Industry.
Economics.
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