Labor II

Assignment for Today Read Coe pp. 269-283 and come to class with a basic understanding of the following concepts and ideas: geographies of labor vs. labor geographies, agency, migration strategies, action within the workplace, worker actions in situ, cross-class alliance, community unionism, growth machines, upscaling worker action, alternative formal employment spaces, alternative informal employment spaces.

Geography of Labor vs. Labor Geographies

Spatial Strategies of Labor

  • Proactive Migration
  • Workplace Resistance
    • Proactive vs. Reactive
    • Official vs. Unoffical
    • Physical or Non Physical
  • Acting in Place/Defending Place
    • Cross-Class Alliances and Communtiy Unionism
  • Upscaling Worker Action
Alternative Ways of Working

Assignment for Next Time Read Robbins Chapter 11 and come to class with an understanding of the following concepts and ideas: TBA


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