Contesting the racial division of labor from below: Representation and Union Organizing Among African American and Immigrant Workers

Du Bois Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 395-417

  Parks, Virginia ^a   Warren, Dorian T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Ethnic Competition; Immigration; Labor; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011462894     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X12000215     Document Type: Article

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