Organizing Asian-American Labor: The Pacific Coast Canned-Salmon Industry, 1870-1942Temple University Press, 11/06/2010 - 296 páginas Between 1870 and 1942, successive generations of Asians and Asian Americans—predominantly Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino—formed the predominant body of workers in the Pacific Coast canned-salmon industry. This study traces the shifts in the ethnic and gender composition of the cannery labor market from its origins through it decline and examines the workers' creation of work cultures and social communities. Resisting the label of cheap laborer, these Asian American workers established formal and informal codes of workplace behavior, negotiated with contractors and recruiters, and formed alliances to organize the workforce. Whether he is discussing Japanese women workers' sharing of child-care responsibilities or the role of Filipino workers in establishing the Cannery and Field Workers Union, Chris Friday portrays Asian and Asian American workers as people who, while enduring oppressive restrictions, continually attempted to shape their own lives. |
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Cannery Work and the Contract System | 25 |
3 Cannery Communities Cannery Lives | 48 |
4 Competitors for the Chinese | 82 |
5 Fecund Possibilities for Issei and Nisei | 104 |
6 From Factionalism to One Filipino Race | 125 |
7 Indispensable Allies | 149 |
8 A Fragile Alliance | 172 |
Conclusion | 193 |
Appendix | 197 |
Notes | 203 |
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Organizing Asian-American Labor: The Pacific Coast Canned-Salmon Industry ... Chris Friday Pré-visualização limitada - 2010 |
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