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Sullivan, Richard. "Organizing Workers in the Space Between Unions: Union-Centric Labor Revitalization and the Role of Community-Based Organizations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>. 2010-03-12 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p243104_index.html>

Sullivan, R. , 2008-07-31 "Organizing Workers in the Space Between Unions: Union-Centric Labor Revitalization and the Role of Community-Based Organizations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2010-03-12 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p243104_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper examines the �union-centric� character of the sociology of labor revitalization and the analytic problems that result from it. Specifically, the tendency of labor scholars to focus primarily on unions may lead to excluding from research and theorizing, the contributions being made by community-based labor organizations operating outside the collective bargaining framework. Using the Garment Worker Center in Los Angeles as an example, I show that trade unions are not the only organizational form the labor movement might take. And that alternative forms are well-suited to organize in industries such as apparel manufacturing, where collective bargaining is not viable. I conclude by calling for a more expansive conceptualization of the labor movement in order to capture the innovations taking place in the space between unions.

Organizing Immigrants in America's Sweatshops: The Los Angeles Garment Worker Center

Community Unionism in Japan: similarities and differences of region-based labor movements between Japan and other industrialized countries

Do Unions Make us Strong? Worker Centers as Alternative Labor Movement Organizations