TY - BOOK AU - Fine,Janice TI - Worker centers: organizing communities at the edge of the dream SN - 0801444233 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HD8081.A5 F56 2006 U1 - 331.6/2/06073 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Ithaca PB - ILR Press/Cornell University Press KW - Alien labor KW - Services for KW - United States KW - Immigrants KW - Employment agencies KW - Community centers KW - Community organization KW - Labor unions KW - Organizing N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005025043.html ER -