Breaks in the Chain: What Immigrant Workers Can Teach America about Democracy

by Paul Apostolidis

Book Overview

In Breaks in the Chain, Paul Apostolidis investigates the personal life stories of a group of Mexican immigrant meatpackers who are at once typical and extraordinary. After crossing the border clandestinely and navigating the treacherous world of the undocumented, they waged a campaign to democratize their union and their workplace in the most hazardous industry in the United States.
Breaks in the Chain shows how immigrant workers-individually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816669821
• ISBN13: 9780816669820
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.4"