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Sizing Up Worker Center Income (2008-2014): A Study of Revenue Size, Stability, and Streams

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dc.contributor.authorGates, Leslie
dc.contributor.authorGriffith, Kati L.
dc.contributor.authorKim, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorMokhiber, Zane
dc.contributor.authorBazler, Joseph C.
dc.contributor.authorCase, Austin
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-17T17:32:41Z
dc.date.available2020-11-17T17:32:41Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-01
dc.description.abstract[Excerpt] Since the publication of Janice Fine’s path-breaking book, Worker Centers: Communities at the Edge of the Dream in 2006, scholars and commentators on the left and the right of the political spectrum have grappled with how to characterize these emergent worker organizations on the US labor relations scene. This chapter deepens our understanding of the nature of worker centers by examining the funding trends that underlay the wide range of experimental organizing and advocacy strategies highlighted in other chapters of this volume. Undoubtedly, to emerge and survive, these organizations need money (Bobo and Pabellon 2016). But how financially stable are worker centers? How big are they? Where does the funding come from? How do they compare to labor unions? To address some of these questions, we compiled a large collection of available data to complete the first systematic empirical analysis of worker center funding across multiple years (2008 through 2014).
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dc.identifier.other13505820
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/76094
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsRequired Publisher Statement: © Labor and Employment Relations Association. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectworker centers
dc.subjectrevenue
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectstability
dc.titleSizing Up Worker Center Income (2008-2014): A Study of Revenue Size, Stability, and Streams
dc.typearticle
local.authorAffiliationGates, Leslie: Binghamton University--SUNY
local.authorAffiliationGriffith, Kati L.: kategriffith@cornell.edu Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationKim, Jonathan: Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationMokhiber, Zane: Economic Policy Institute
local.authorAffiliationBazler, Joseph C.: Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationCase, Austin: Cornell University

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