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The growing presence of “service jobs” is a major component of the new economy. It has been a factor in weakening the traditional labor movement and the major social and political institutions which benefit workers, rooted as they were in basic industry. Can service jobs today be considered the savi...

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Auteurs principaux: Alfandary, Isabelle, Delanoë-Brun, Emmanuelle, Quanquin, Hélène
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Publié: 2007
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spelling cairn-RFEA_112_0003RFEARevue française d’études américaines https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2007-2-page-3?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.112.0003 Introduction Alfandary, IsabelleDelanoë-Brun, EmmanuelleQuanquin, Hélène2007 fre Revue française d’études américaines | 112 | 2 | 2007-10-12 | p. 3-4 | 0397-7870 RFEA_11274 The growing presence of “service jobs” is a major component of the new economy. It has been a factor in weakening the traditional labor movement and the major social and political institutions which benefit workers, rooted as they were in basic industry. Can service jobs today be considered the saving grace of union revival ? First we need to define these very diverse employment situations, what are incorrectly referred to as a “sector”. Do these workers, often women, ethnic minorities, immigrants, bring with them new strategies in organizing ? Finally, we’ll look at how this all plays out as a background for the recent split in the U.S. labor movement.Cairn free access
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description The growing presence of “service jobs” is a major component of the new economy. It has been a factor in weakening the traditional labor movement and the major social and political institutions which benefit workers, rooted as they were in basic industry. Can service jobs today be considered the saving grace of union revival ? First we need to define these very diverse employment situations, what are incorrectly referred to as a “sector”. Do these workers, often women, ethnic minorities, immigrants, bring with them new strategies in organizing ? Finally, we’ll look at how this all plays out as a background for the recent split in the U.S. labor movement.
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Delanoë-Brun, Emmanuelle
Quanquin, Hélène
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