Mobilizing Against Inequality - 9780801479335

Mobilizing Against InequalityUnions, Immigrant Workers, and the Crisis of Capitalism\nAuthor(s): Lee H. Adler, Maite Tapia, Lowell Turner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: ILR Press\nISBN-13: 9780801479335, 978-0801479335\nSynopsis\nAmong the many challenges that global liberalization has posed for trade unions, the growth of precarious immigrant workforces lacking any collective representation stands out as both a major threat to solidarity and an organizing opportunity. Believing that collective action is critical in the struggle to lift the low wages and working conditions of immigrant workers, the contributors to Mobilizing against Inequality set out to study union strategies toward immigrant workers in four countries: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and United States. Their research revealed both formidable challenges and inspiring examples of immigrant mobilization that often took shape as innovative social countermovements. \]