Union by law : Filipino American labor activists, rights radicalism, and racial capitalism / Michael W. McCann with George I. Lovell.
2020
KF3409.C2 M33 2020 (Mapit)
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Title
Union by law : Filipino American labor activists, rights radicalism, and racial capitalism / Michael W. McCann with George I. Lovell.
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Imprint
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Copyright
©2020
Description
xxiv, 487 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Series
Chicago series in law and society.
Formatted Contents Note
American Capitalist Expansion, Colonialism, and Empire
Prologue to Part I: The American Colonial Project in the Philippines
Filipino Migration to the Metropole: Racism, Resistance, and Rights
A Cannery Workers' Union by Law: The Formative Years
Rights Radicalism amid "Restrictive" Law: The War Years
Part II. Challenging Empire: Transpacific Rights Radicalism
Prologue to Part II: The Cold War Era: Global Empire, the Rise of Marcos, and Civil Rights
LELO, ACWA, and the Politics of Radical Rights Mobilization
The Trials of Tragedy: Turning Anguish into Anger
Wards Cove v. Atonio: The Execution of "Good" Civil Rights Law
Conclusion: Theorizing Law and Legal Mobilization in Racial Capitalist Empire.
Prologue to Part I: The American Colonial Project in the Philippines
Filipino Migration to the Metropole: Racism, Resistance, and Rights
A Cannery Workers' Union by Law: The Formative Years
Rights Radicalism amid "Restrictive" Law: The War Years
Part II. Challenging Empire: Transpacific Rights Radicalism
Prologue to Part II: The Cold War Era: Global Empire, the Rise of Marcos, and Civil Rights
LELO, ACWA, and the Politics of Radical Rights Mobilization
The Trials of Tragedy: Turning Anguish into Anger
Wards Cove v. Atonio: The Execution of "Good" Civil Rights Law
Conclusion: Theorizing Law and Legal Mobilization in Racial Capitalist Empire.
Summary
"Michael McCann and George Lovell offer a history of Filipino salmon cannery workers in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, focusing on their experiences with law, union organizing, and progressive politics over the course of the 20th century. Coming to this country after the American conquest of the Philippines, many worked at the salmon canneries. The salmon workers were segregated in both the jobs they could have and where they lived. Higher scale jobs were reserved for whites; lower scaled jobs for Filipino workers. Company housing for seasonal workers was also segregated on the same basis. The authors focus on the development of labor unions and fights over the rights of workers to organize effectively during World War II and the Cold War. They argue that economic interests used law to fight the efforts of Filipino workers to organize"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ebook version :
Call Number
KF3409.C2 M33 2020
Language
English
ISBN
9780226679877 hardcover
022667987X hardcover
9780226679907 paperback
022667990X paperback
9780226680071 electronic book
022667987X hardcover
9780226679907 paperback
022667990X paperback
9780226680071 electronic book
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