Labor-environmental Coalitions: Lessons from a Louisiana Petrochemical Region

by Thomas Estabrook, Charles Levenstein, John Wooding

In 1984, the oil, chemical and atomic workers began a 5-year campaign to win back the jobs of its members locked out by the BASF Corp. in Geismar, Louisiana. The multiscale campaign involved coalitions with local environmentalists as well as international solidarity from environmental and religious organizations. The local coalition which helped break the lockout was maintained and expanded in the 1990s. This alliance is one of numerous labor-community...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415784352
• ISBN13: 9780415784351
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"