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Labor in the new urban battlegrounds, local solidarity in a global economy, edited by Lowell Turner and Daniel B. Cornfield ; with a foreword by Peter Evans

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Labor in the new urban battlegrounds, local solidarity in a global economy, edited by Lowell Turner and Daniel B. Cornfield ; with a foreword by Peter Evans

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

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Labor in the new urban battlegrounds

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bibliography

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74915895

Responsibility statement

edited by Lowell Turner and Daniel B. Cornfield ; with a foreword by Peter Evans

Series statement

Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series, no. 12

Sub title

local solidarity in a global economy

Table Of Contents

Introduction : an, urban resurgence of social unionism / Lowell Turner -- The, U.S. living wage movement : building coalitions from the local level in a global economy / Stephanie Luce -- Unions and the strategic context of local governance : a comparative overview / Jefferey M. Sellers -- Organizing for equitable economic development : the significance of community empowerment organizations for unions / Ron Applegate -- Building coalitions for regional power : labor's emerging urban strategy / David Reynolds -- The, politics of labor in Boston : geographies of union renewal / Heiwon Kwon and Benjamin Day -- Two paths to the high road : the dynamics of coalition building in Seattle and Buffalo / Ian Greer, Barbara Byrd, and Lou Jean Fleron -- Political insiders and social activists : coalition building in New York and Los Angeles / Marco Hauptmeier and Lowell Turner -- Strategies for labor revitalization : the case of Miami / Bruce Nissen and Monica Russo -- Immigrants and labor in a globalizing city : prospects for coalition building in Nashville / Daniel B. Cornfield and William Canak -- Building an inclusive city : labor-community coalitions and the struggle for urban power in San Jose / Nari Rhee and Julie A. Sadler -- Special interests and public goods : organized labor's coalition politics in Hamburg and Seattle / Ian Greer -- Organizing labor in London : lessons from the campaign for a living wage / Jane Holgate and Jane Wills -- Restructuring without unions : the polycentric region of Greater Frankfurt / Otto Jacobi -- Conclusion : seeking solidarity-- why, and with whom? / Daniel B. Cornfield

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