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Virginia Doellgast contends that high pay and good working conditions are possible even for marginal service jobs. This outcome, however, depends on strong unions and encompassing collective bargaining institutions.
In an original and striking study of migration management in operation, Disrupting Deportability highlights obstacles confronting temporary migrant... Læs mere
Urban public spaces, from the streets and squares of Buenos Aires to Zuccotti Park in New York City, have become the... Læs mere
A story that involves as its main players "workers" and "Walmart" does not usually have a happy ending for labor, so the counternarrative offered... Læs mere
Conflict between labor and capital reflects the competitive and conflict-laden relations within the working class itself, Peter Swenson... Læs mere
Using a comprehensive analysis of the wave of organizing that swept the country starting in 2007, Labor in Israel investigates the changing political... Læs mere
In Our Unions, Our Selves, Anne Zacharias-Walsh provides an in-depth look at the rise of women-only unions in Japan, an organizational... Læs mere
Public Workers is the first book to analyze why public-sector labor law evolved as it did, separate from and much more... Læs mere
Why have Americans, who by a clear majority approve of unions, been joining them in smaller numbers than ever before? This book answers that question by comparing the American experience with that of Canada, where approval for unions is significantly...
Union of Parts examines one of the central puzzles in the economic and political successes of West Germany (FRG). In the decades between world war and reunification with the East, the FRG provided a model for combining high rates of unionization and...
Working for Justice features eleven case studies of recent low-wage worker organizing campaigns in Los Angeles, making the case for a distinctive "L.A. Model" of union and worker center organizing.
Chaia Heller follows one of France's largest farmers' unions as it joins with peasants internationally to contest the hegemony of genetically modified foods, free trade, and industrial agriculture.