Organizing Community and Labor Coalitions for Community Benefits Agreements in African American Communities

Ensuring Successful Partnerships

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6076532
AutoresBonnie Young Laing (Youngstown State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen17
Número1-2
Páginas120-139
Fecha de publicación2009-06-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10705420902862124
OpenAlexW1985120451
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas13

Community benefits agreements are a relatively new tool in the economic justice movement. This article discusses community-labor partnerships in efforts to win community benefits agreements in African American communities, with implications for other communities of color. Union and African American organizing strategies are explored and two community benefits campaigns are examined: the Figueroa Corridor Coalition for Economic Justice and the One Hill Community Benefits Coalition. Clashes emerging around divergent world views are reviewed along with strategies to address potential challenges in order to build and maintain successful cross cultural coalitions

African american · Business · Community building · Community organization · Community organizing · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Race, History, and American Society · Finance