Partnering for Change: Unions and Community Groups Build Coalitions for Economic Justice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765612747 ISBN 13: 9780765612748

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

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. They discuss general patterns of labor-community coalitions in terms of alliances between unions and such community players as environmentalists, religious groups, low-income organizations, and local employers. The contributors also offer a wealth of case studies such as the successful campaign for corporate subsidy accountability in Minnesota, Vermont's Livable Wage Campaign, The Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, and the model regional power building projects of the South Bay AFL-CIO. The volume's editor, David Reynolds, combines a broad overview of labor-community coalitions, practical examples applicable to diverse communities, and an appreciation of the challenges as well as the opportunities for building the movement for economic change.

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Max Chretien (Author) ,  S. Deser (Author)

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765612747
• ISBN 13: 9780765612748
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Reynolds David B