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1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Work in postindustrial America -- Implementing the legal rights of undocumented workers -- Place matters : how local governments enforce immigrant worker rights -- Beyond government : how civil society serves, organizes and advocates for immigrant workers -- Advocating across borders : consular strategies for protecting Mexican immigrant workers -- Conclusion : making rights real for immigrant workers. |
| Summary |
"In Conflicting Commitments, Shannon Gleeson goes beyond the debate over federal immigration policy to examine the complicated terrain of immigrant worker rights. Federal law requires that basic labor standards apply to all workers, yet this principle clashes with increasingly restrictive immigration laws and creates a confusing bureaucratic terrain for local policymakers and labor advocates. Gleeson examines this issue in two of the largest immigrant gateways in the country: San Jose, California, and Houston, Texas. Conflicting Commitments reveals two cities with very different approaches to addressing the exploitation of immigrant workers--both involving the strategic coordination of a range of bureaucratic brokers, but in strikingly different ways. Drawing on the real life accounts of ordinary workers, federal, state, and local government officials, community organizers, and consular staff, Gleeson argues that local political contexts matter for protecting undocumented workers in particular. Providing a rich description of the bureaucratic minefields of labor law, and the explosive politics of immigrant rights, Gleeson shows how the lessons learned from San Jose and Houston can inform models for upholding labor and human rights in the United States"--Publisher's Web site. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Rider University Libraries acknowledges the biased and pejorative nature of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) “Aliens” “Alien…” and "Illegal aliens" to refer to noncitizens and undocumented immigrants, respectively--and the harm it causes. While a change in terminology was approved by the Library of Congress in 2016, it was not enacted due to opposition by the 115th Congress (2017). As Rider University Libraries uses LCSH as its standard vocabulary, we are currently investigating how to best enact alternative terminology that will still ensure access to all materials on this topic. |
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Foreign workers -- California -- San Jose.
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Foreign workers. |
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California -- San Jose. |
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Foreign workers -- Texas -- Houston.
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Texas -- Houston. |
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Foreign workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- California -- San Jose.
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Foreign workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Foreign workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Texas -- Houston.
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Employee rights -- California -- San Jose.
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Employee rights. |
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Employee rights -- Texas -- Houston.
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Illegal immigration -- California -- San Jose.
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Illegal immigration. |
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Illegal immigration -- Texas -- Houston.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gleeson, Shannon, 1980- Conflicting commitments. Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2013 9780801451218 0801451213 (DLC) 2012024641 |
| ISBN |
080146577X (electronic book) |
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9780801465772 (electronic book) |
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9780801451218 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0801451213 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780801478147 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0801478146 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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