{"product_id":"working-for-justice-the-l-a-model-of-organizing-and-advocacy-paperback","title":"Working for Justice: The L.A. Model of Organizing and Advocacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Milkman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJoshua Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eVictor Narro\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorking for Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, which includes eleven case studies of recent low-wage worker organizing campaigns in Los Angeles, makes the case for a distinctive \"L.A. Model\" of union and worker center organizing. Networks linking advocates in worker centers and labor unions facilitate mutual learning and synergy and have generated a shared repertoire of economic justice strategies. The organized labor movement in Los Angeles has weathered the effects of deindustrialization and deregulation better than unions in other parts of the United States, and this has helped to anchor the city's wider low-wage worker movement. Los Angeles is also home to the nation's highest concentration of undocumented immigrants, making it especially fertile territory for low-wage worker organizing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case studies in \u003ci\u003eWorking for Justice\u003c\/i\u003e are all based on original field research on organizing campaigns among L.A. day laborers, garment workers, car wash workers, security officers, janitors, taxi drivers, hotel workers as well as the efforts of ethnically focused worker centers and immigrant rights organizations. The authors interviewed key organizers, gained access to primary documents, and conducted participant observation. \u003ci\u003eWorking for Justice\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable resource for sociologists and other scholars in the interdisciplinary field of labor studies, as well as for advocates and policymakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Milkman is Professor of Sociology at UCLA and the CUNY Graduate Center and Associate Director of the Murphy Labor Institute at CUNY. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Labor\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eOrganizing Immigrants\u003c\/i\u003e, both from Cornell, and author of \u003ci\u003eL.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement\u003c\/i\u003e. Joshua Bloom is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at UCLA and coauthor of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eBlack against Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Black Panther Party\u003c\/i\u003e. Victor Narro, J.D., is Project Director of the UCLA Downtown Labor Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.96 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131395674247,"sku":"9780801475801","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5929a625cf737aa7e6436b8eab3bb6c6.webp?v=1732618621","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/working-for-justice-the-l-a-model-of-organizing-and-advocacy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}