New Labor in New York: Precarious Worker and the Future of the Labor Movement

by Martha King and Jane F. McAlevey

Book Overview

New York City boasts a higher rate of unionization than any other major U.S. city--roughly double the national average--but the city's unions have suffered steady and relentless decline, especially in the private sector. With higher levels of income inequality than any other large city in the nation, New York today is home to a large and growing "precariat" workers with little or no employment security who are often excluded from the basic legal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801479371
• ISBN13: 9780801479373
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher