Purple Power: The History and Global Impact of SEIU (Working Class in American History)

By: Janice Fine and Maite Tapia and Joseph A. McCartin and Luís Lm Aguiar and Adrienne E Eaton and Euan Gibb and Laurence Hamel-Roy and Tashlin Lakhani and Yanick Noiseux and Benjamin L Peterson and Allison Porter and Alyssa May Kuchinski and Veronica Terriquez and Kyoung-Hee Yu

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Synopsis: Chartered in 1921, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a worldwide organization that represents more than two million workers in occupations from healthcare and government service to custodians and taxi drivers. Women form more than half the membership while people in minority groups make up approximately forty percent. Luís LM Aguiar and Joseph A. McCartin edit essays on one of contemporary labor’s bedrock organizations. The contributors explore key episodes, themes, and features in the union’s recent history and evaluate SEIU as a union with global aspirations and impact. The first section traces the SEIU’s growth in the last and current centuries. The second section offers in-depth studies of key campaigns in the United States, including the Justice for Janitors and Fight for $15 movements. The third section focuses on the SEIU’s work representing low-wage workers in Canada, Australia, Europe, and Brazil. An interview with Justice for Janitors architect Stephen Lerner rounds out the volume. Contributors: Luís LM Aguiar, Adrienne E. Eaton, Janice Fine, Euan Gibb, Laurence Hamel-Roy, Tashlin Lakhani, Joseph A. McCartin, Yanick Noiseux, Benjamin L. Peterson, Allison Porter, Alyssa May Kuchinski, Maite Tapia, Veronica Terriquez, and Kyoung-Hee Yu

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 256 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780252053757
Related ISBNs:: 9780252086809, 9780252044717
Publisher:: University of Illinois Press
Date of Addition:: 01/24/23
Copyrighted By:: the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Luís LM Aguiar
Edited by:: Joseph A. McCartin