3. Alliance-Building and Organizing for Immigrant Rights: The Case of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Worker Centers, Ethnic Communities, and Immigrant Rights Advocacy
7. 1. The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: Spatializing Justice in an Ethnic “Enclave” 23
8. 2. Organizing Workers along Ethnic Lines: The Pilipino Workers’ Center 49
9. 3. Alliance-Building and Organizing for Immigrant Rights: The Case of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles 71
10. 4. Building Power for “Noncitizen Citizenship”: A Case Study of the Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network 89
11. Part II. Occupational and Industry-Focused Organizing Campaigns
12. 5. The Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance 109
13. 6. From Legal Advocacy to Organizing: Progressive Lawyering and the Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign 125
14. 7. NDLON and the History of Day Labor Organizing in Los Angeles 141
15. 8. The Garment Worker Center and the “Forever 21” Campaign 154
16. Part III. Unions and Low-Wage Worker Organizing
17. 9. Ally to Win: Black Community Leaders and SEIU’s L. A. Security Unionization Campaign 167
18. 10. From the Shop to the Streets: UNITE HERE Organizing in Los Angeles Hotels 191
19. 11. The Janitorial Industry and the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund 211
20. Afterword 233
21. Notes 245
22. References 265
23. Contributors 283
24. Index 287