Cross Border Blues
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Cross Border Blues
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Author : National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Cross Border Blues written by National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Clothing workers categories.
Echanges Commerciaux Et La Protection Des Travailleurs
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Author : Canadian Industrial Relations Association. Meeting
language : en
Publisher: Presses Université Laval
Release Date : 2003
Echanges Commerciaux Et La Protection Des Travailleurs written by Canadian Industrial Relations Association. Meeting and has been published by Presses Université Laval this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Commerce categories.
Forum For Applied Research And Public Policy
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Forum For Applied Research And Public Policy written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Economic policy categories.
The Blues Encyclopedia
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Author : Edward Komara
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-07-01
The Blues Encyclopedia written by Edward Komara and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-01 with Music categories.
The Blues Encyclopedia is the first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. While other books have collected biographies of blues performers, none have taken a scholarly approach. A to Z in format, this Encyclopedia covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues, including race and gender issues. Special attention is paid to discographies and bibliographies.
Empires And Walls
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Author : Mohammed Chaichian
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2013-11-15
Empires And Walls written by Mohammed Chaichian and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-15 with Social Science categories.
In Empires and Walls Mohammad A. Chaichian provides compelling comparative-historical analysis of ancient and contemporary walls and barriers, both ‘offensive’ and ‘defensive,’ that imperial powers have erected in order to subjugate the colonized subjects and control population movements within the empire.
Reclaiming America
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Author : Randy Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28
Reclaiming America written by Randy Shaw and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with Social Science categories.
Have activists taken the bumper-sticker adage "Think Globally, Act Locally" too literally? Randy Shaw argues that they have, with destructive consequences for America. Since the 1970s, activist participation in national struggles has steadily given way to a nearly exclusive focus on local issues. America's political and corporate elite has succeeded in controlling the national agenda, while their adversaries—the citizen activists and organizations who spent decades building federal programs to reflect the country's progressive ideals—increasingly bypass national fights. The result has been not only the dismantling of hard-won federal programs but also the sabotaging of local agendas and community instituions by decisions made in the national arena. Shaw urges activists and their organizations to implement a "new national activism" by channeling energy from closely knit local groups into broader causes. Such activism enables locally oriented activists to shape America's future and work on national fights without traveling to Washington, D.C., but instead working in their own backyards. Focusing on the David and Goliath struggle between Nike and grassroots activists critical of the company's overseas labor practices, Shaw shows how national activism can rewrite the supposedly ironclad rules of the global economy by ensuring fair wages and decent living standards for workers at home and abroad. Similarly, the recent struggles for stronger clean air standards and new federal budget priorities demonstrate the potential grassroots national activism to overcome the corporate and moneyed interests that increasingly dictate America's future. Reclaiming America's final section describes how community-based nonprofit organizations, the media, and the Internet are critical resources for building national activism. Shaw declares that community-based groups can and must combine their service work with national grassroots advocacy. He also describes how activists can use public relations to win attention in today's sprawling media environment, and he details the movement-building potential of e-mail. All these resources are essential for activists and their organizations to reclaim America's progressive ideals.
Invisible Hands
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Author : Corinne Goria
language : en
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Release Date : 2023-03-28
Invisible Hands written by Corinne Goria and has been published by Haymarket Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-28 with Social Science categories.
The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators — including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world — reveal the secret history of the things we buy, including lives and communities devastated by low wages, environmental degradation, and political repression. Sweeping in scope and rich in detail, these stories capture the interconnectivity of all people struggling to support themselves and their families. Narrators include Kalpona, a leading Bangladeshi labor organizer who led her first strike at 15; Han, who, as a teenager, began assembling circuit boards for an international electronics company based in Seoul; Albert, a copper miner in Zambia who, during a wage protest, was shot by representatives of the Chinese-owned mining company that he worked for; and Sanjay, who grew up in the shadow of the Bhopal chemical disaster, one of the worst industrial accidents in history.
Street Democracy
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Author : Sandra C. Mendiola Garcia
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2017-04-01
Street Democracy written by Sandra C. Mendiola Garcia and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-01 with History categories.
No visitor to Mexico can fail to recognize the omnipresence of street vendors, selling products ranging from fruits and vegetables to prepared food and clothes. The vendors compose a large part of the informal economy, which altogether represents at least 30 percent of Mexico’s economically active population. Neither taxed nor monitored by the government, the informal sector is the fastest growing economic sector in the world. In Street Democracy Sandra C. Mendiola García explores the political lives and economic significance of this otherwise overlooked population, focusing on the radical street vendors during the 1970s and 1980s in Puebla, Mexico’s fourth-largest city. She shows how the Popular Union of Street Vendors challenged the ruling party’s ability to control unions and local authorities’ power to regulate the use of public space. Since vendors could not strike or stop production like workers in the formal economy, they devised innovative and alternative strategies to protect their right to make a living in public spaces. By examining the political activism and historical relationship of street vendors to the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mendiola García offers insights into grassroots organizing, the Mexican Dirty War, and the politics of urban renewal, issues that remain at the core of street vendors’ experience even today.
Corporate Responsibility And Labour Rights
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Author : Ruth Pearson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-06-17
Corporate Responsibility And Labour Rights written by Ruth Pearson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with Business & Economics categories.
The emergence of voluntary corporate codes of conduct since the early 1990s is both a manifestation of and a response to the process of globalization. They have been part of a more general shift away from state regulation of transnational corporations towards corporate self-regulation in the areas of labour and environmental standards and human rights. This work provides a critical perspective on the growth and significance of corporate codes with a particular focus on working conditions and labour rights. It brings together work by academics, practitioners and activists.
Threads Of Labour
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Author : Angela Hale
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-07-20
Threads Of Labour written by Angela Hale and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-20 with Social Science categories.
Threads of Labour presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations and makes sense of global supply chains from the bottom up. Presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations in ten different locations in Asia, Europe and Mexico. Creates a blueprint for conducting worker-orientated action research in order to better understand and resist the negative impact of globalization on labour. Ensures that workers' voices reach those who are already trying to reconfigure global capitalism in more humane directions. Explores the ways in which workers might begin to develop new forms of organization that are more suited to securing gains in the global garment industry. Bridges the gap between activist and academic research, improving the conversation between these two groups.