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Workers Centers Introduction

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October 01, 2003 / Labor Notes staff Enlarge or shrink text login or register to comment

In preparation for a one-day conference for Worker Centers immediately preceeding the September 12-14 Labor Notes Conference in Detroit, Labor Notes asked various worker centers to submit articles outlining their work. Labor Notes encourages written response to these articles in this series.

August 2003

  • Janice Fine: Non-Union, Low-Wage Workers Are Finding a Voice as Immigrant Workers Centers Grow

  • Saru Jayaraman: In the Wake of September 11: New York Restaurant Workers Explore New Strategies

  • September 2003

  • Saladin Muhammad: North Carolina Center Creates Alternatives for Black Workers in Union-Hostile South

  • October 2003

  • Cindy Cho: In Koreatown, Los Angeles Workers Center Fights for Immigrant Worker Rights

  • Renuka Uthappa: First National Meeting of Worker Centers Discusses Strategies, Vision

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