Working for Justice: The L.A. Model of Organizing and Advocacy

by Joshua Bloom

Book Overview

Working for Justice, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801475805
• ISBN13: 9780801475801
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher