Organizing immigrants: meaning generation in the community

Yu, K-H

Organizing immigrants: meaning generation in the community

Yu, K-H

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Publisher:: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Work, Employment & Society, 2014, 28, (3), pp. 355-371
Issue Date:: 2014-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Yu, K-H
dc.date.accessioned	2021-04-25T05:25:20Z
dc.date.available	2021-04-25T05:25:20Z
dc.date.issued	2014-06-01
dc.identifier.citation	Work, Employment & Society, 2014, 28, (3), pp. 355-371
dc.identifier.issn	0950-0170
dc.identifier.issn	1469-8722
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/148336
dc.description.abstract	This article examines the role of community organizations in generating meaning during a campaign to organize Haitian nursing assistants in Boston, USA. There is by now a sizeable literature on labour-community coalition formation, yet it is not understood how repertoires are generated in the community and how they are translated into the realm of employment relations. This study examines how meanings generated in three community organizations, churches, ethnic media and hometown associations were transferred into the organizing process. Findings indicate that collective identities and political selves constructed through experiences in the community can help low-wage immigrant workers overcome the sense of powerlessness that they often experience at work. Contributions to scholarship on community unionism and mobilization theory are discussed. © The Author(s) 2013.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Work, Employment & Society
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0950017013491449
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1402 Applied Economics, 1503 Business and Management, 1608 Sociology
dc.subject.classification	Industrial Relations
dc.title	Organizing immigrants: meaning generation in the community
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	28
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management
utslib.for	1608 Sociology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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dc.date.updated	2021-04-25T05:25:19Z
pubs.issue	3
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	28
utslib.citation.issue	3

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This article examines the role of community organizations in generating meaning during a campaign to organize Haitian nursing assistants in Boston, USA. There is by now a sizeable literature on labour-community coalition formation, yet it is not understood how repertoires are generated in the community and how they are translated into the realm of employment relations. This study examines how meanings generated in three community organizations, churches, ethnic media and hometown associations were transferred into the organizing process. Findings indicate that collective identities and political selves constructed through experiences in the community can help low-wage immigrant workers overcome the sense of powerlessness that they often experience at work. Contributions to scholarship on community unionism and mobilization theory are discussed. © The Author(s) 2013.

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