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Organizing for Justice: ILGWU Returns to Social Unionism to Organize Immigrant Workers

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Labor Research Review, Volume 1, Number 20 (1993)
Author
Hermanson, Jeff
Abstract

[Excerpt] Desperate situations bring forth desperate responses. But garment workers are demonstrating that when educated of their rights and assured of support, they are ready to struggle for justice, even when chances of success seem poor. The ILGWU currently faces many challenges: How do we organize an industry composed of thousands of tiny, subcontractors? How do we build on isolated collective actions to create a groundswell for change in the workers' communities that cannot be ignored? How do we restrict the flight of jobs from unionized communities to nonunion areas, within the U.S. and beyond its borders?

Journal / Series
Labor Research Review
Volume & Issue
Vol. 1, Num. 20
Date Issued
1993-04-01
Keywords
ILGWU
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garment industry
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union organizing
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social unionism
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immigration
Type
article

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