Justice for Janitors in Los Angeles: Lessons from Three Rounds of Negotiations
British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 40, pp. 543-567, 2002
25 Pages Posted: 29 Dec 2002
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Christopher L. Erickson
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Human Resources & Organizational Behavior (HROB) Area
Catherine Fisk
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Ruth Milkman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
Daniel J. B. Mitchell
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Luskin School of Public Affairs
Kent Wong
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Dec 2002
Loyola-LA Public Law Research Paper No. 2003-6
Posted: 17 Jan 2003
We examine an important recent organizing success of the US labour movement: the "Justice for Janitors" campaign in Los Angeles. This campaign has spanned a complete business cycle and shows the union's capacity for growth over time. It illustrates the potential for unions to overcome pro-employer bias of labour laws, as well as their efficacy in appealing to the wider public. It exposes the importance of building coalitions, as well as the value of union analysis of legal, industrial, and political conditions. Our analysis suggests conditions under which unions might survive and thrive in the service sector in the twenty-first century.
Erickson, Christopher L. and Fisk, Catherine L. and Milkman, Ruth and Mitchell, Daniel J. B. and Wong, Kent, Justice for Janitors in Los Angeles: Lessons from Three Rounds of Negotiations. British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 40, pp. 543-567, 2002, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=330001
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