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Conflicting commitments the politics of enforcing immigrant worker rights in San Jose and Houston /

"In Conflicting Commitments, Shannon Gleeson goes beyond the debate over federal immigration policy to examine the complicated terrain of immigrant worker rights. Federal law requires that basic labor standards apply to all workers, yet this principle clashes with increasingly restrictive immig...

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Autore principale: Gleeson, Shannon, 1980-
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2012.
Soggetti:
Foreign workers > California > San Jose.
Foreign workers > Texas > Houston.
Foreign workers > Legal status, laws, etc. > California > San Jose.
Foreign workers > Legal status, laws, etc. > Texas > Houston.
Employee rights > California > San Jose.
Employee rights > Texas > Houston.
Illegal aliens > California > San Jose.
Illegal aliens > Texas > Houston.
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Sommario:
  • Work in postindustrial America
  • Implementing the legal rights of undocumented workers
  • Place matters : how local governments enforce immigrant worker rights
  • Beyond government : how civil society serves, organizes and advocates for immigrant workers
  • Advocating across borders : consular strategies for protecting Mexican immigrant workers
  • Conclusion : making rights real for immigrant workers.

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