Suburban Sweatshops
- ISBN-10
- 0674037820
- ISBN-13
- 9780674037823
- Category
- Current Events
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-06-30
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Jennifer Gordon
Description
In 1992 Gordon founded the Workplace Project to help immigrant workers in the underground suburban economy of Long Island, New York. In a story of gritty determination and surprising hope, she weaves together Latino immigrant life and legal activism to tell the unexpected tale of how the most vulnerable workers in society came together to demand fair wages, safe working conditions, and respect from employers.
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