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Precarious Claims: The Promise and Failure of Workplace Protections in the United States
Shannon Gleeson
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Description for Precarious Claims: The Promise and Failure of Workplace Protections in the United States
Paperback. Tells the human story behind the bureaucratic process of fighting for justice in the US workplace. Based on extensive fieldwork in Northern California, the author investigates the array of gatekeepers with whom workers must negotiate in the labor standards enforcement bureaucracy and, ultimately, the limited reach of formal legal protections. Num Pages: 190 pages, 2 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program for monographs. Precarious Claims tells the human story behind the bureaucratic process of fighting for justice in the U.S. workplace. The global economy has fueled vast concentrations of wealth that have driven a demand for cheap and flexible labor. Workplace violations such as wage theft, unsafe work environments, and discrimination are widespread in low-wage industries such as retail, restaurants, hospitality, and domestic work, where jobs are often held by immigrants and other vulnerable workers. How and why do these workers, despite ... Read more
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program for monographs. Precarious Claims tells the human story behind the bureaucratic process of fighting for justice in the U.S. workplace. The global economy has fueled vast concentrations of wealth that have driven a demand for cheap and flexible labor. Workplace violations such as wage theft, unsafe work environments, and discrimination are widespread in low-wage industries such as retail, restaurants, hospitality, and domestic work, where jobs are often held by immigrants and other vulnerable workers. How and why do these workers, despite ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
269g
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520288782
SKU
V9780520288782
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About Shannon Gleeson
Shannon Gleeson is Associate Professor of Labor Relations, Law, and History at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University.
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