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ILR Impact Brief - Labor Branches Out: Resurgence in the Urban Core

Author
Turner, Lowell
Abstract
[Excerpt] Agency (the choices made and strategies pursued by leaders and organizations) and opportunity structure (the presence or absence of institutional, political, and/or social barriers)—are the two factors that seem to account for the revitalization of city-based labor movements in several locales, such as Seattle, Buffalo, Los Angeles, and San Jose; European unions have not progressed quite as far in this regard. Rather than focus exclusively on traditional workplace issues, unions active in contemporary urban labor movements are forging coalitions with other actors in civil society and mobilizing grassroots participation in union campaigns as well as in the democratic process.
Journal/Series
Impact Brief
Description
The ILR Impact Brief series highlights the research and project based work conducted by ILR faculty that is relevant to workplace issues and public policy. The Briefs are prepared by Maralyn Edid, Senior Extension Associate, ILR School.
Date Issued
2007-11-01Subject
urban labor movements; organizing; social unionism; labor activism
Related to
For a more in-depth analysis, please see: Turner, L. (2007). Introduction: An Urban Resurgence of Social Unionism. In L. Turner & D. B. Cornfield (Eds.) Labor in the new urban battlegrounds: Local solidarity in a global economy. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press.
Rights
Required Publisher Statement: Copyright by Cornell University.
Type
newsletter