Labor organizing beyond race and nation: the Los Angeles Hilton case

Author: Park Edward J.W.  

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd

ISSN: 0144-333X

Source: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol.24, Iss.7-8, 2004-07, pp. : 137-152

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Abstract

Shows how the US economy has witnessed both a massive influx of immigrant workers and a sharp decline in organized labour. Examines the struggles of Latino workers in Los Angeles, USA and shows just how immigrant workers and labour unions have a complicated relationship there. Explains how the problems were eventually eased.