A New Working Class: The Legacies of Public-Sector Employment in the Civil Rights Movement

A New Working Class: The Legacies of Public-Sector Employment in the Civil Rights Movement
ISBN-10
0812253450
ISBN-13
9780812253450
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
312
Language
English
Published
2021-10-15
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Author
Jane Berger

Description

A New Working Class traces efforts by Black public-sector workers and their unions to fight for racial and economic justice in Baltimore. Federal policy shifts imperiled their efforts. Officials justified weakening the welfare state and strengthening the carceral state by criminalizing Black residents—including government workers.

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