03469nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10612413 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120615s2012 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2012024641 9780801451218 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801478147 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780801465772 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)813929048 n-us-ca n-us-tx HD8081.A5 G54 2012eb 331.6/2097641411 23 Gleeson, Shannon, 1980- Conflicting commitments [electronic resource] : the politics of enforcing immigrant worker rights in San Jose and Houston / Shannon Gleeson. Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2012. xvi, 272 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Work in postindustrial America -- Implementing the legal rights of undocumented workers -- Place matters : how local governments enforce immigrant worker rights -- Beyond government : how civil society serves, organizes and advocates for immigrant workers -- Advocating across borders : consular strategies for protecting Mexican immigrant workers -- Conclusion : making rights real for immigrant workers. "In Conflicting Commitments, Shannon Gleeson goes beyond the debate over federal immigration policy to examine the complicated terrain of immigrant worker rights. Federal law requires that basic labor standards apply to all workers, yet this principle clashes with increasingly restrictive immigration laws and creates a confusing bureaucratic terrain for local policymakers and labor advocates. Gleeson examines this issue in two of the largest immigrant gateways in the country: San Jose, California, and Houston, Texas. Conflicting Commitments reveals two cities with very different approaches to addressing the exploitation of immigrant workers--both involving the strategic coordination of a range of bureaucratic brokers, but in strikingly different ways. Drawing on the real life accounts of ordinary workers, federal, state, and local government officials, community organizers, and consular staff, Gleeson argues that local political contexts matter for protecting undocumented workers in particular. Providing a rich description of the bureaucratic minefields of labor law, and the explosive politics of immigrant rights, Gleeson shows how the lessons learned from San Jose and Houston can inform models for upholding labor and human rights in the United States"--Publisher's Web site. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Foreign workers California San Jose. Foreign workers Texas Houston. Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. California San Jose. Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. Texas Houston. Employee rights California San Jose. Employee rights Texas Houston. Illegal aliens California San Jose. Illegal aliens Texas Houston. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10612413 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 207608 207608