 | New Labor in New York: Precarious Workers and the Future of the Labor Movement Subjects: Precarious employment -- New York (State) -- New York; Labor unions -- Organizing -- New York (State) -- New York; Labor movement -- New York (State) -- New York; This volume comprises thirteen fine-grained case studies of recent campaigns by worker centers and unions to organize the new "precariat" class of workers and to address the crisis facing the labor movement, each of which is based on original research and participant observation. Ruth Milkman is Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and Academic Director of CUNY's Murphy Labor Institute. She is the author of several books, including the prizewinning Gender at Work and L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement . She also is coauthor of Unfinished Business: Paid Family Leave in California and the Future of U.S. Work-Family Policy , editor of Organizing Immigrants , and coeditor of Rebuilding Labor and Working for Justice , all from Cornell. Ed Ott is Distinguished Lecturer at CUNY's Murphy Labor Institute. He spent over forty years in the labor movement, most recently as Executive Director of the New York City Central Labor Council. |
