Fine, Janice

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.

0801444233 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801472571 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780801444234 9780801472572

2005025043

GBA590487 bnb

013321127 Uk


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.

HD8081.A5 / F56 2006

331.6/2/06073