L.A. story :: immigrant workers and the future of the U.S. Labor Movement /
Sharp decreases in union membership over the last fifty years have caused many to dismiss organized labor as irrelevant in today's labor market. In the private sector, only 8 percent of workers today are union members, down from 24 percent as recently as 1973. Yet developments in Southern Calif...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Sharp decreases in union membership over the last fifty years have caused many to dismiss organized labor as irrelevant in today's labor market. In the private sector, only 8 percent of workers today are union members, down from 24 percent as recently as 1973. Yet developments in Southern California -- including the successful Justice for Janitors campaign -- suggest that reports of organized labor's demise may have been exaggerated. In L.A. Story, sociologist and labor expert Ruth Milkman explains how Los Angeles, once known as a company town hostile to labor, became a hotbed for unionism, and how immigrant service workers emerged as the unlikely leaders in the battle for workers' rights. L.A. Story shatters many of the myths of modern labor with a close look at workers in four industries in Los Angeles: building maintenance, trucking, construction, and garment production. Though many blame deunionization and deteriorating working conditions on immigrants, Milkman shows that this conventional wisdom is wrong. Her analysis reveals that worsening work environments preceded the influx of foreign-born workers, who filled the positions only after native-born workers fled these suddenly undesirable jobs. Ironically, L.A. Story shows that immigrant workers, who many union leaders feared were incapable of being organized because of language constraints and fear of deportation, instead proved highly responsive to organizing efforts. As Milkman demonstrates, these mostly Latino workers came to their service jobs in the United States with a more group-oriented mentality than the American workers they replaced. Some also drew on experience in their native countries with labor and political struggles. This stock of fresh minds and new ideas, along with a physical distance from the east-coast centers of labor's old guard, made Los Angeles the center of a burgeoning workers' rights movement. Los Angeles' recent labor history highlights some of the key ingredients of the labor movement's resurgence -- new leadership, latitude to experiment with organizing techniques, and a willingness to embrace both top-down and bottom-up strategies. L.A. Story's clear and thorough assessment of these developments points to an alternative, high-road national economic agenda that could provide workers with a way out of poverty and into the middle class. RUTH MILKMAN is professor of sociology and director of the Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of California, Los Angeles. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages) : illustrations |
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| spelling | Milkman, Ruth, 1954- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqQCX6kydkpCfmBMxWMT3 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84123920 L.A. story : immigrant workers and the future of the U.S. Labor Movement / Ruth Milkman. New York, N.Y. : R. Sage Foundation, ©2006. 1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-229) and index. Print version record. The "Wicked City": labor and Los Angeles exceptionalism -- Turning the clock back: anti-union reaction, the return of the sweatshop, and the new immigration -- Organizing the "Unorganizable": immigrant unionization and labor revitalization in the 1990s -- "Si, Se Puede": union organizing strategies and immigrant workers. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL English. Sharp decreases in union membership over the last fifty years have caused many to dismiss organized labor as irrelevant in today's labor market. In the private sector, only 8 percent of workers today are union members, down from 24 percent as recently as 1973. Yet developments in Southern California -- including the successful Justice for Janitors campaign -- suggest that reports of organized labor's demise may have been exaggerated. In L.A. Story, sociologist and labor expert Ruth Milkman explains how Los Angeles, once known as a company town hostile to labor, became a hotbed for unionism, and how immigrant service workers emerged as the unlikely leaders in the battle for workers' rights. L.A. Story shatters many of the myths of modern labor with a close look at workers in four industries in Los Angeles: building maintenance, trucking, construction, and garment production. Though many blame deunionization and deteriorating working conditions on immigrants, Milkman shows that this conventional wisdom is wrong. Her analysis reveals that worsening work environments preceded the influx of foreign-born workers, who filled the positions only after native-born workers fled these suddenly undesirable jobs. Ironically, L.A. Story shows that immigrant workers, who many union leaders feared were incapable of being organized because of language constraints and fear of deportation, instead proved highly responsive to organizing efforts. As Milkman demonstrates, these mostly Latino workers came to their service jobs in the United States with a more group-oriented mentality than the American workers they replaced. Some also drew on experience in their native countries with labor and political struggles. This stock of fresh minds and new ideas, along with a physical distance from the east-coast centers of labor's old guard, made Los Angeles the center of a burgeoning workers' rights movement. Los Angeles' recent labor history highlights some of the key ingredients of the labor movement's resurgence -- new leadership, latitude to experiment with organizing techniques, and a willingness to embrace both top-down and bottom-up strategies. L.A. Story's clear and thorough assessment of these developments points to an alternative, high-road national economic agenda that could provide workers with a way out of poverty and into the middle class. RUTH MILKMAN is professor of sociology and director of the Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of California, Los Angeles. Foreign workers Labor unions Organizing California Los Angeles. Travailleurs étrangers Syndicalisation Californie Los Angeles. SOCIAL SCIENCE Emigration & Immigration. bisacsh Foreign workers Labor unions Organizing fast California Los Angeles fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfWYmJkDYcpGWYVDfWxDq Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4003743-5 Arbeiterbewegung gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4002581-0 Gewerkschaft gnd Los Angeles, Calif. gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4036361-2 Arbetskraftinvandring Förenta staterna Los Angeles. sao Fackligt arbete invandrare Förenta staterna. sao Fackföreningsrörelsen Förenta staterna. sao Print version: Milkman, Ruth, 1954- L.A. story. New York, N.Y. : R. Sage Foundation, ©2006 (DLC) 2006043947 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1069786 Volltext |
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