Marginal Workers: How Legal Fault Lines Divide Workers and Leave Them Without Protection

by Ruben J. Garcia

Book Overview

Undocumented and authorized immigrant laborers, female workers, workers of color, guest workers, and unionized workers together compose an enormous and diverse part of the labor force in America. Labor and employment laws are supposed to protect employees from various workplace threats, such as poor wages, bad working conditions, and unfair dismissal. Yet as members of individual groups with minority status, the rights of many of these individuals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479823589
• ISBN13: 9781479823581
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"