Alt-Labor and the New Politics of Workers' Rights

by Daniel J. Galvin

Over the last half century, two major developments have transformed the nature of workers' rights and altered the pathways available to low-wage workers to combat their exploitation. First, while national labor law, which regulates unionization and collective bargaining, has grown increasingly ineffective, employment laws establishing minimal workplace standards have proliferated at the state and local levels. Second, as labor unions have declined,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871540029
• ISBN13: 9780871540027
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 17 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher