Community unions and the revival of the American labor movement

TY - JOUR

T1 - Community unions and the revival of the American labor movement

AU - Fine, Janice

PY - 2005/3

Y1 - 2005/3

N2 - Today's low-wage workforce is mostly ignored by the national political parties and largely untouched by organized labor. Over the last twenty years, "community unions" have emerged to try to fill the void. They are modest-sized community-based organizations of low-wage workers that, through a combination of service, advocacy, and organizing, focus on issues of work and wages. Community unions have so far had greater success at raising wages and improving working conditions via public policy rather than direct labor market intervention. This is because low-wage workers in America today have greater political than economic power.

AB - Today's low-wage workforce is mostly ignored by the national political parties and largely untouched by organized labor. Over the last twenty years, "community unions" have emerged to try to fill the void. They are modest-sized community-based organizations of low-wage workers that, through a combination of service, advocacy, and organizing, focus on issues of work and wages. Community unions have so far had greater success at raising wages and improving working conditions via public policy rather than direct labor market intervention. This is because low-wage workers in America today have greater political than economic power.

KW - Community unions

KW - Immigrant worker centers

KW - Living wages

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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0032329204272553

DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/0032329204272553

M3 - Review article

SN - 0032-3292

VL - 33

SP - 153

EP - 199

JO - Politics and Society

JF - Politics and Society

IS - 1

ER -