SOCC09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Worker Center, Community Organizing, Popular Education
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Sociology of gender and work lecture social movements. A lot of time and energy, a lot of work that is done to get a campaigning ground: (cid:862)alt- labor(cid:863) models for organizing workers, work center- chun, kim feminist grassroots migrant organizations- tungohan. It pro(cid:448)ides skills to migrants such a speech and a confident boost. These type of work centers are not only useful to migrant workers and should be implemented for other marginalized groups. Focus on: type of worker (chung focused on asian workers), type of work (chung focused on the garment industry: kim: work centers. Goal is to have workers participate in process. May reproduce union dynamics, staff might not have been directly affected (cid:271)(cid:455) issues (cid:449)orker"s fa(cid:272)e, (cid:373)ight fa(cid:272)e li(cid:373)ited resour(cid:272)es affect ability to train workers in organizing for themselves. (cid:271)elief that (cid:862)orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)al investment in grassroots community organizing builds politi(cid:272)al age(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:863) Aiwa orga(cid:374)izi(cid:374)g li(cid:374)ked to (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455) orga(cid:374)izi(cid:374)g traditio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:272)i(cid:448)il rights (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, developing leadership confidence etc. for those directly affected.
