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024 7 _a10.7591/9781501712692
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781501712692
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035 _a(OCoLC)959667467
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072 7 _aPOL013000
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082 0 4 _a331.8809713541
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
245 0 0 _aUnions and the City :
_bNegotiating Urban Change /
_ced. by Ian Thomas MacDonald.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©2017
300 _a1 online resource (260 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tFigures --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tAcronyms --
_tIntroduction. The Urbanization of Union Strategy and Struggle --
_tPart 1. LABOR AND THE HOSPITABLE CITY --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. Labor Strategy and the Politics of Elite Division in Midtown Manhattan --
_t2. Organized Labor and Casino Politics in Toronto --
_tPart 2. LABOR AND THE CREATIVE CITY --
_tIntroduction --
_t3. New York Film Production Unions Enter the Political Arena in Search of Tax Subsidies --
_t4. Film Unions’ Struggle to Defend Studio Space in Toronto --
_tPart 3. LABOR AND THE SUSTAINABLE CITY --
_tIntroduction --
_t5. Building a Green New York --
_t6. Struggling for Good Green Jobs in Toronto’s Deindustrializing Suburbs --
_tPart 4. LABOR AND THE CARING CITY --
_tIntroduction --
_t7. Creating a City for Workers --
_t8. In Defense of “Gold-Plated” Child Care --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tContributors --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aLabor unions remain the largest membership-based organizations in major North American cities, even after years of decline. Labor continues to play a vital role in mobilizing urban residents, shaping urban conflict, and crafting the policies and regulations that are transforming our urban spaces. As unions become more involved in the daily life of the city, they find themselves confronting the familiar dilemma of how to fold union priorities into broader campaigns that address nonunion workers and the lives of union members beyond the workplace. If we are right to believe that the future of the labor movement is an urban one, union activists and staffers, urban policymakers, elected officials, and members of the public alike will require a fuller understanding of what impels unions to become involved in urban policy issues, what dilemmas structure the choices unions make, and what impact unions have on the lives of urban residents, beyond their members.Unions and the City serves as a road map toward both a stronger labor movement and a socially just urbanism. The book presents the findings of a collaborative project in which a team of labor researchers and labor geographers based in New York City and Toronto investigated how and why labor unions were becoming more involved in urban regulation and urban planning. The contributors assess the effectiveness of this involvement in terms of labor goals—such as protecting employment levels, retaining bargaining relationships with employers, and organizing new workforces—as well as broader social consequences of union strategies, such as expanding access to public services, improving employment equity, and making neighborhoods more affordable. Focusing on four key economic sectors (film, hospitality, green energy, and child care), this book reveals that unions can exert a surprising level of influence in various aspects of urban policymaking and that they can have a significant impact on how cities are changing and on the experiences of urban residents.ContributorsSimon Black, Brock University; Maria Figueroa, Cornell University; Lois S. Gray, Cornell University; Ian Thomas MacDonald, University of Montreal; James Nugent, University of Toronto; Susanna F. Schaller, City College Center for Worker Education; Steven Tufts, York University; K. C. Wagner, Cornell University; Mildred Warner, Cornell University; Thorben Wieditz, York University
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)
650 0 _aCommunity development, Urban
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aCommunity development, Urban
_zOntario
_zToronto.
650 0 _aLabor movement
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aLabor movement
_zOntario
_zToronto.
650 0 _aLabor unions
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aLabor unions
_zOntario
_zToronto.
650 0 _aSociology, Urban
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aSociology, Urban
_zOntario
_zToronto.
650 4 _aLabor History.
650 4 _aPublic Policy.
650 4 _aUrban Studies.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
_2bisacsh
653 _alabor unions, urban space, urban conflict, urban policy, urbanism, union campaigns, labor movement, union engagement, New York, Toronto, policymaking, politics.
700 1 _aBlack, Simon
_eautore
700 1 _aFigueroa, Maria
_eautore
700 1 _aGray, Lois S.
_eautore
700 1 _aMacDonald, Ian Thomas
_eautore
_ecuratore
700 1 _aNugent, James
_eautore
700 1 _aSchaller, Susanna F.
_eautore
700 1 _aTufts, Steven
_eautore
700 1 _aWagner, K. C.
_eautore
700 1 _aWarner, Mildred E.
_eautore
700 1 _aWieditz, Thorben
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9781501712692?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501712692
856 4 2 _3Cover
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