Worker Centers and the Moral Economy: Disrupting Through Brokerage, Prestige, and Moral Framing

Marzán, Rosado; César, F

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“…When collectives such as worker centers come together to demand justice, it is often thanks to a dedicated staff and a small cadre of worker leaders spearheading a series of collective actions that achieve success against all odds (Jayaraman 2005; Juravich 2018). In this way, worker centers possess “social and symbolic capital” (Rosado Marzán 2017 b ) that helps drive their innovative strategies and can foment worker democracy in ways that traditional labor unions often do not (Fisk 2016).…”

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Mobilizing Worker Rights: The Challenges of Claims-Driven Processes for Re-Regulating the Labor Market

Lesniewski

Gleeson

2022

Labor Studies Journal

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Low-wage workers continue to face high levels of exploitation in the workplace. The regulatory frameworks that exist to protect workers and provide avenues for redress for violations of workers’ rights rely on individual or collective claims-making by workers. Worker centers have developed creative mobilization strategies to support worker claims and build worker power in the low-wage labor market. This paper leverages qualitative case study data to better understand the process of worker claims-making and the psychosocial toll it can take on workers. Based on these case studies, this paper argues that worker centers and other alt-labor groups need to take into account the costs and challenges for workers endemic to the claims-making process under current regulatory regimes.

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