Opportunities for Community Organizing in the Realm of Economic Justice and Low Wage Worker Struggles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6076762 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise Simmons (University of Connecticut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 166-181 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10705422.2016.1165779 |
| OpenAlex | W2400148816 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
The new upsurge in labor organizing among low-wage workers provides community organizing with opportunities to engage in economic justice struggles. Low-wage workers are organizing in many sectors of the workforce that are difficult to organize. Their issues are part of the larger discourse concerning inequality in the United States. New forms of community organizing are developing in some areas that embrace economic justice issues. However, many of the national networks have yet to become involved in issues of community members in the capacities as workers. Macro social work needs to revisit its origins and forge a new tradition that incorporates the problems that inspired Jane Addams and her contemporaries, the issues of workers and immigrants
Community organization · Community organizing · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Immigration · Inequality · Living wage · Political science · Public relations · Realm · Sociology · Wage · Work (physics · Workforce · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Work Education and Practice
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |