Worker centers : organizing communities at the edge of the dream /
Janice Fine.
- Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2006.
- xii, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-301) and index.
Origins and characteristics of worker centers -- Putting worker centers in context -- Organizing at the intersection of ethnicity, race, and class -- Delivering services on the frontlines -- Economic action organizing -- Relationships with unions -- Public policy enforcement and reform -- Immigrant rights and social justice -- The internal life of worker centers -- Networking, structures, and practices -- A holistic assessment of the worker center phenomenon.
Alien labor--Services for--United States. Immigrants--Services for--United States. Employment agencies--United States. Community centers--United States. Community organization--United States. Alien labor--Labor unions--Organizing--United States.