1st Edition
Partnering for Change Unions and Community Groups Build Coalitions for Economic Justice
Edited By David B Reynolds
Copyright 1966
526 Pages
by
Routledge
526 Pages
by
Routledge
526 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the past decade unions and community groups have come together around a wide range of campaigns for economic justice - from fighting for living wages, to electing progressive champions, to questioning market-oriented economic development, to promoting anti-sprawl/smart growth efforts. Partnering for Change brings together activists and intellectuals on the forefront of these organizing efforts.... Read more
Part I. Dynamics of Labor-Community Coalitions; 1. Labor-Environmental Coalitions, Fred Rose; 2. Religion-Labor Partnerships: Alive and Growing in the New Millennium, Kim Bobo; 3. ACORN and Community-Labor Partnerships, Steve Kest; 4. The Effectiveness and Limits of Labor-Community Coalitions: Evidence from South Florida, Bruce Nissen; Part II. Areas of Common Ground; 5. Labor and Living Wage Movement, David Reynolds and Jen Kern; 6. Coming Together: Promises and Pitfalls of Minnesota's Corporate-Accountability Campaigns, Erik Peterson; 7. Anatomy of Vermont Livable Wage Campaign, Ellen Kahler; 8. Smart Growth for Cities: It's a Union Thing, Greg LeRoy; 9. Building Political Action Coalitions in Connecticut, Louise Simmons; Part III. Institution Building; 10. Contemporary Community Unionism: Some Lessons from Baltimore and Stamford, Janice Fine; 11. Working Partnerships: A New Strategy for Advancing Economic Justice, Bob Brownstein; 12. Economic Development for Whom? Labor Gest Involved in Massachusetts' Economic Development, Mary Jo Connelly, Peter Knowlton, Pete Capano, and Harneen Chernow; Part IV. Working with Employers; 13. Taking the High Road in Milwaukee: The Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, Annette Bernhardt, Laura Dresser, and Joel Rogers
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