Briggs explores the close relationship between immigration and employment trends beginning in the 1780s. Combining the history of labor and of immigration in a new and innovative way, he establishes that over time unionism has thrived when the numbers of newcomers have decreased, and faltered when those figures have risen.
Briggs argues convincingly that the labor movement cannot be revived unless the following steps are taken: immigration levels are reduced, admission categories changed, labor law reformed, and the enforcement of labor protection standards at the worksite enhanced. The survival of American unionism, he asserts, does not rest with the movement's becoming a partner of the pro-immigration lobby. For to do so, organized labor would have to abandon its legacy as the champion of the American worker.
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Briggs explores the close relationship between immigration and employment trends beginning in the 1780s. Combining the history of labor and of immigration in a new and innovative way, he establishes that over time unionism has thrived when the numbers of newcomers have decreased, and faltered when those figures have risen.
Briggs argues convincingly that the labor movement cannot be revived unless the following steps are taken: immigration levels are reduced, admission categories changed, labor law reformed, and the enforcement of labor protection standards at the worksite enhanced. The survival of American unionism, he asserts, does not rest with the movement's becoming a partner of the pro-immigration lobby. For to do so, organized labor would have to abandon its legacy as the champion of the American worker.
Imprint | ILR Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Cornell Studies in Industrial and Labor Relations |
Release date | March 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 2001 |
Authors | Vernon M. Briggs |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade / Trade |
Pages | 240 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8014-8710-1 |
Barcode | 9780801487101 |
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LSN | 0-8014-8710-2 |