Bibliograph

Precarious claims, the promise and failure of workplace protections in the United States, Shannon Gleeson

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Precarious claims, the promise and failure of workplace protections in the United States, Shannon Gleeson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

chartsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Precarious claims

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

948747206

Responsibility statement

Shannon Gleeson

Sub title

the promise and failure of workplace protections in the United States

Summary

"Precarious Claims tells the human story behind the bureaucratic process of fighting for justice in the U.S. workplace. The global economy has fueled vast concentrations of wealth that have driven a demand for cheap and flexible labor. Workplace violations such as wage theft, unsafe work environments, and discrimination are widespread in low-wage industries such as retail, restaurants, hospitality, and domestic work, where jobs are often held by immigrants and other vulnerable workers. How and why do these workers, despite enormous barriers, come forward to seek justice, and what happens once they do? Based on extensive fieldwork in Northern California, Gleeson investigates the array of gatekeepers with whom workers must negotiate in the labor standards enforcement bureaucracy and, ultimately, the limited reach of formal legal protections. The author also tracks how workplace injustices--and the arduous process of contesting them--carry long-term effects on their everyday lives. Workers sometimes win, but their chances are precarious at best"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Inequality and power at work -- The landscape and logics of worker protections -- Navigating bureaucracies -- The aftermath of legal mobilization

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