On the job : the untold story of worker centers and the new fight for wages, dignity, and health /
The inspiring story of worker centers that are cropping up across the country and leading the fight for today's workers For over 60-million people, work in America has been a story of declining wages, insecurity, and unsafe conditions, especially amid the coronavirus epidemic. This new and trou...
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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 语言: | 英语 |
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New York :
The New Press,
2021.
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| 总结: | The inspiring story of worker centers that are cropping up across the country and leading the fight for today's workers For over 60-million people, work in America has been a story of declining wages, insecurity, and unsafe conditions, especially amid the coronavirus epidemic. This new and troubling reality has galvanized media and policymakers, but all the while, a different and little-known story of rebirth and struggle has percolated just below the surface. On the Job is the first account of a new kind of labor movement, one that is happening locally, quietly, and among our country's most vulnerable-but essential-workers. Noted public health expert Celeste Monforton and award-winning journalist Jane M. Von Bergen crisscrossed the country, speaking with workers of all backgrounds and uncovering the stories of hundreds of new, worker-led organizations (often simply called worker centers) that have successfully achieved higher wages, safer working conditions and on-the-job dignity for their members. On the Job describes ordinary people finding their voice and challenging power: from housekeepers in Chicago and Houston; to poultry workers in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Springdale, Arkansas; and construction workers across the state of Texas. An inspiring book for dark times, On the Job reveals that labor activism is, actually alive and growing-and holds the key to a different future for all working people. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| 实物描述: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| ISBN: | 1620976633 9781620976630 |