New labor in New York :: precarious workers and the future of the labor movement /

New York City boasts a higher rate of unionization than any other major U.S. city, roughly double the national average, but the city's unions have suffered steady and relentless decline, especially in the private sector. With higher levels of income inequality than any other large city in the n...

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Weitere Verfasser: Milkman, Ruth, 1954- (HerausgeberIn), Ott, Ed (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2014.
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Zusammenfassung:New York City boasts a higher rate of unionization than any other major U.S. city, roughly double the national average, but the city's unions have suffered steady and relentless decline, especially in the private sector. With higher levels of income inequality than any other large city in the nation, New York today is home to a large and growing "precariat": workers with little or no employment security who are often excluded from the basic legal protections that unions struggled for and won in the twentieth century.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 352 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-340) and index.
ISBN:9780801470745
0801470749
9780801470752
0801470757
9781322522807
1322522804

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