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Religion-labor partnerships: alive and growing in the new millennium

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The executive director of the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, Kim Bobo, has examined the revival of old labor-religious alliances, which is an important factor of labor's resurgence. She has explored the involvement of religious groups in worker battles and the dangers of such involvement.

Author: Bobo, Kim
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: WorkingUSA
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 1089-7011
Year: 2003
Religious organizations, Models, Coalition (Social sciences), Coalitions (Social sciences), Religious institutions, Religious organization software

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ACORN and community-labor partnerships

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Steven Kest, the executive director of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), has built partnerships with numerous unions. Through these partnerships he has passed living-wage laws, raised the minimum wage, fought for affordable housing and opened job access for local residents.

Author: Kest, Steven
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: WorkingUSA
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 1089-7011
Year: 2003
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

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Introducing today's labor-community coalitions

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The author has given an introduction to the new labor community, which believes that focusing on labor issues is of primary importance. There are various models that are developed to study these growing issues.

Author: Reynolds, David
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: WorkingUSA
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 1089-7011
Year: 2003
Public affairs, Social aspects, Work, Community, Social structure, Labour, Labor

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Subjects list: United States, Labor unions, Alliances and partnerships, Labour unions
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