Jorge Bonilla is hospitalized with pneumonia from sleeping at the restaurant where he works, unable to afford rent on wages of thirty cents an hour. Domestic worker Yanira Juarez discovers she has labored for six months with no wages at all; her employer lied about establishing a savings account for her. We live in an era of the sweatshop reborn. 
 In 1992 Jennifer Gordon founded the Workplace Project to help immigrant workers in the underground suburban economy of Long Island, New York. In a story of gritty determination and surprising hope, she weaves together Latino immigrant life and legal activism to tell the unexpected tale of how the most vulnerable workers in society came together to demand fair wages, safe working conditions, and respect from employers. Immigrant workers--many undocumented--won a series of remarkable victories, including a raise of thirty percent for day laborers and a domestic workers' bill of rights. In the process, they transformed themselves into effective political participants. 
 Gordon neither ignores the obstacles faced by such grassroots organizations nor underestimates their very real potential for fundamental change. This revelatory work challenges widely held beliefs about the powerlessness of immigrant workers, what a union should be, and what constitutes effective lawyering. It opens up exciting new possibilities for labor organizing, community building, participatory democracy, legal strategies, and social justice.

Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights

Business & Money

Gordon, Jennifer

Economics

Harvard University Press

Jorge Bonilla is hospitalized with pneumonia from sleeping at the restaurant where he works, unable to afford rent on wages of thirty cents an hour. Domestic worker Yanira Juarez discovers she has labored for six months with no wages at all; her employer lied about establishing a savings account for her. We live in an era of the sweatshop reborn.
In 1992 Jennifer Gordon founded the Workplace Project to help immigrant workers in the underground suburban economy of Long Island, New York. In a story of gritty determination and surprising hope, she weaves together Latino immigrant life and legal activism to tell the unexpected tale of how the most vulnerable workers in society came together to demand fair wages, safe working conditions, and respect from employers. Immigrant workers--many undocumented--won a series of remarkable victories, including a raise of thirty percent for day laborers and a domestic workers' bill of rights. In the process, they transformed themselves into effective political participants.
Gordon neither ignores the obstacles faced by such grassroots organizations nor underestimates their very real potential for fundamental change. This revelatory work challenges widely held beliefs about the powerlessness of immigrant workers, what a union should be, and what constitutes effective lawyering. It opens up exciting new possibilities for labor organizing, community building, participatory democracy, legal strategies, and social justice.

Belknap Press

"Most poets write for one of two reasons: 
Either their heart is broken, 
or their heart is overflowing. 
For the lucky few, sometimes it's both."\nA collection of emotionally captivating poetry, Poems To Read In The Rain is for those looking for resonance while navigating the complexities of life. Touching on themes of love, loss, grief, mental health, and nature, this collection contains works that can appeal to everyone. Jennifer draws on the comfort of nature as she explores her inner struggles, making the woods and sky practically tangible to the reader. Her raw and real depictions of grief and depression remind us of the power of great loves - both the ones present and the ones since passed. Poems To Read In The Rain is the kind of collection that you will return to over and over again for it's relatable narrative and comforting aesthetic.

Poems To Read In The Rain

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Curious Corvid Publishing

Story of the author who at the age of 43 suffered a debilitating stroke that robbed her of her power of speech. She describes the symptoms leading to the stroke and the shock, then denial, and final acceptance of the stroke itself, and the hospitalisation and rehabilitation which followed. An enlightening story for health care professionals as well as the general public. The WA branch of the AMA are recommending this book as a 'valuable contribution to both the medical profession's and the public's understanding of stroke'.

Speechless: My Recovery from Stroke

Medical Books

Intl Specialized Book Services

Sliding pages to peek and find help children develop their hand-eye coordination. This book features a lively, adventurous story -- children will learn while having fun.

Tonta bruja: Silly Tilly Witch (Primeras lecturas) (Spanish Edition)

Children's Books

Silver Dolphin en Espanol

The Corvid Grimoire: Volume One

Publishing, Curious Corvid

Grinnell, David Edgar

Black, Enoch

O'Dea, Danny

Reynolds, Grace R

Piggott, Mark

Kemler, Stephanie

Nicole, Aimee

Moriarty, Adanna

Genre Fiction

Independently published

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