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Book SynopsisWorking for Justice features eleven case studies of recent low-wage worker organizing campaigns in Los Angeles, making the case for a distinctive "L.A. Model" of union and worker center organizing.
Trade ReviewWorking for Justice serves both to refine and expand our knowledge of employee representation in Los Angeles through a collection of chapters related to union- and worker center-led efforts' on behalf of low-wage earning individuals. It offers a nuanced study of specific instances in which unions and advocacy groups have sought to organize low-wage workers.... The collection also takes us beyond the well-trodden ground of union advocacy in Los Angeles, introducing readers to the importance of worker centers within the region.... In so doing, the authors cover tremendously varied terrain while concurrently interweaving numerous threads of commonalities across the campaigns and organizing efforts to create a portrait of the intricate links between union and nonunion worker groups, a picture that most fully emerges in the excellent afterword.
-- J. Ryan Lamare * ILR Review *
The essays in this volume offer us not only an informative account of some of the most vibrant and creative organizing campaigns to have emerged in recent years; they may also provide a glimpse of labor's future.
-- Joseph A. McCartin * Labor/Le Travail *
Table of ContentsForeword by Joshua Bloom
Introduction by Ruth MilkmanPart I: Worker Centers, Ethnic Communities, and Immigrant Rights AdvocacyChapter 1. The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: Spatializing Justice in an Ethnic "Enclave"
by Jong Bum KwonChapter 2. Organizing Workers along Ethnic Lines: The Pilipino Workers' Center
by Nazgol GhandnooshChapter 3. Alliance-Building and Organizing for Immigrant Rights: The Case of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
by Caitlin C. PatlerChapter 4. Building Power for "Noncitizen Citizenship": A Case Study of the Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network
by Chinyere OsujiPart II: Occupational and Industry-Focused Organizing CampaignsChapter 5. The Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance
by Jacqueline Leavitt and Gary BlasiChapter 6. From Legal Advocacy to Organizing: Progressive Lawyering and the Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign
by Susan Garea and Sasha Alexandra SternChapter 7. NDLON and the History of Day Labor Organizing in Los Angeles
by Maria DziembowskaChapter 8. The Garment Worker Center and the "Forever 21" Campaign
by Nicole A. Archer, Ana Luz Gonzalez, Kimi Lee, Simmi Gandhi, and Delia HerreraPart III: Unions and Low-Wage Worker OrganizingChapter 9. Ally to Win: Black Community Leaders and SEIU’s L. A. Security Unionization Campaign
by Joshua BloomChapter 10. From the Shop to the Streets: UNITE HERE Organizing in Los Angeles Hotels
by Forrest StuartChapter 11. The Janitorial Industry and the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund
by Karina MuñizAfterword by Victor NarroNotes
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About the Contributors
Index
