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Title Working for justice : the L.A. model of organizing and advocacy / edited by Ruth Milkman, Joshua Bloom, and Victor Narro.

Publication Info. Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 296 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. Worker centers, ethnic communities, and immigrant rights advocacy: Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: spatializing justice in an ethnic "enclave" / Jong Bum Kwon -- Organizing workers along ethnic lines: the Philipino Workers' Center / Nazgol Ghandnoosh -- Alliance-building and organizing for immigrant rights: the case of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles / Caitlin C. Patler -- Building power for "noncitizen citizenship": a case study of the Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network / Chinyere Osuji -- pt. 2. Occupational and industry-focused campaigns: Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance / Jacqueline Leavitt and Gary Blasi -- From legal advocacy to organizing: progressive lawyering and the Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign / Susan Garea and Sasha Alexandra Stern -- NDLON and the history of day labor organizing in Los Angeles / Maria Dziembowska -- Garment Worker Center and the "Forever 21" campaign / Nicole A. Archer and others -- pt. 3. Unions and low-wage worker organizing: Ally to win: Black community leaders and SEIU's L.A. security unionization campaign / Joshua Bloom -- From the shop to the streets: UNITE HERE organizing in Los Angeles hotels / Forrest Stuart -- Janitorial industry and the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund / Karina Muñiz.
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Subject Labor movement -- California -- Los Angeles.
Labor movement.
California -- Los Angeles.
Labor unions -- Organizing -- California -- Los Angeles.
Labor unions -- Organizing.
Working poor -- California -- Los Angeles.
Working poor.
Foreign workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- California -- Los Angeles.
Foreign workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing.
Foreign workers.
Community centers -- California -- Los Angeles.
Community centers.
Community organization -- California -- Los Angeles.
Community organization.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Milkman, Ruth, 1954-
Bloom, Joshua.
Narro, Victor, 1963-
Other Form: Print version: Working for justice. Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2010 (DLC) 2009034828
ISBN 9780801459054 (electronic book)
0801459052 (electronic book)
9780801448584
0801448581
9780801475801
0801475805