Immigrants, Unions, and the New U. S. Labor Market
In recent years, New Yorkers have been surprised to see workers they had taken for granted-Mexicans in greengroceries, West African supermarket deliverymen and South Asian limousine drivers-striking, picketing, and seeking support for better working conditions. Suddenly, businesses in New York and the nation had changed and were now dependent upon low-paid immigrants to fill the entry-level jobs that few native-born Americans would take. Immigrants, Unions, and the New U.S. Labor Market tells...
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Examining the lives of immigrant workers, both on the job and off.
1Why new immigrants organize12The political economy of transnational labor in New York City : the context for immigrant worker militancy133Unions and immigrant worker organizing : new models for new workers404Mexican immigrants, class formation, and union organizing in New York's greengrocery industry585Francophone West African supermarket delivery workers autonomous union organizing outside of a union966Black-car drivers : industrial restructuring and new worker organizing1307The post-September 11 economic crisis and the government crackdown on immigrant workers1628Parallel organizing : immigrants and unions181
