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Mobilizing against inequality, unions, immigrant workers, and the crisis of capitalism, edited by Lee H. Adler, Maite Tapia, and Lowell Turner ; foreword by Ana Avendaño

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-198) and index

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Mobilizing against inequality

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edited by Lee H. Adler, Maite Tapia, and Lowell Turner ; foreword by Ana Avendaño

unions, immigrant workers, and the crisis of capitalism

Among the many challenges that global liberalization has posed for trade unions, the growth of precarious immigrant workforces lacking any collective representation stands out as both a major threat to solidarity and an organizing opportunity. Believing that collective action is critical in the struggle to lift the low wages and working conditions of immigrant workers, the contributors to Mobilizing against Inequality set out to study union strategies toward immigrant workers in four countries: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and United States. Their research revealed both formidable challenges and inspiring examples of immigrant mobilization that often took shape as innovative social countermovements. Using case studies from a carwash organizing campaign in the United States, a sans papiers movement in France, Justice for Cleaners in the United Kingdom, andintegration approaches by the Metalworkers Union in Germany, among others, the authors look at the strategies of unions toward immigrants from a comparative perspective. Although organizers face a different set of obstacles in each country, this book points to common strategies that offer promise for a more dynamic model of unionism is the global North. The editors have also created a companion website for the book, which features literature reviews, full case studies, updates, and links to related publications.--, Provided by Publisher

Introduction : organizing immigrant workers / Lowell Turner -- Union campaigns as countermovements : "best practice" cases from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States / Maite Tapia, Lowell Turner, and Denisse Roca Servat -- The United States : tackling inequality in precarious times / Lee H. Adler and Daniel B. Cornfield -- The United Kingdom : dialectic approaches to organizing immigrant workers, postwar to 2012 / Maite Tapia -- France : battles for inclusion, 1968-2010 / Lowell Turner -- Germany : success at the core, unresolved challenges at the periphery / Lee H. Adler and Michael Fichter -- Opportunity and choice for unions organizing immigrant workers : a comparison across countries and industries / Gabriella Alberti, Jane Holgate, and Lowell Turner -- The countermovement needs a movement (and a counter strategy) / Janice Fine and Jane Holgate -- Integrative organizing in polarized times : toward dynamic trade unionism in the global north / Daniel B. Cornfield