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From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement
Fred Glass
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Description for From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement
Hardback. There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State. While other states face declining union enrollment rates and the rollback of workers' rights, California unions are embracing working immigrants, and voters are protecting core worker rights. What's the difference? Num Pages: 544 pages, 50 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 998.
There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State. While other states face declining union enrollment rates and the roll-back of workers' rights, California unions are embracing working immigrants, and voters are protecting core worker rights. What's the difference? California has held an exceptional place in the imagination of Americans and immigrants since the Gold Rush, which saw the first of many waves of working people moving to the state to find work. From Mission to Microchip unearths the hidden stories of these people throughout California's history. The difficult task of the ... Read more
There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State. While other states face declining union enrollment rates and the roll-back of workers' rights, California unions are embracing working immigrants, and voters are protecting core worker rights. What's the difference? California has held an exceptional place in the imagination of Americans and immigrants since the Gold Rush, which saw the first of many waves of working people moving to the state to find work. From Mission to Microchip unearths the hidden stories of these people throughout California's history. The difficult task of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520288409
SKU
V9780520288409
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About Fred Glass
Fred B. Glass is Communications Director for the California Federation of Teachers and Instructor of Labor and Community Studies at City College of San Francisco. He is the producer of Golden Lands, Working Hands, a ten-part documentary video series on California labor history.
Reviews for From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement
"[Glass] takes on California's industrial history, the whole beastly golden expanse of it, and tries to figure out what connects the struggles of workers across time and space... [he] has managed to catalogue the most meaningful moments for working people in the biggest state in the union." East Bay Express "Use this book. Read it and teach the young. Our ... Read more