New labor in New York: precarious workers and the future of the labor movement

Introduction : toward a new labor movement : organizing New York City's precariat / Ruth Milkman

Taking aim at Target : West Indian immigrant workers confront the difficulties of big-box organizing / Ben Becker

Organizing immigrant supermarket workers in Brooklyn : a union-community partnership / Ben Shapiro

Faith, community and labor : challenges and opportunities in the New York City living wage campaign / Jeff Broxmeyer and Erin Michaels

UNITED New York : fighting for a fair economy in "the year of the protester" / Lynne Turner

Infusing craft identity into a non-craft industry : the retail action project / Peter Ikeler

Street vendors in and against the global city : VAMOS Unidos / Kathleen Dunn

Protecting and representing workers in the new gig economy : the case of the Freelancers Union / Martha King

The high-touch model : Make the Road New York's participatory approach to immigrant organizing / Jane McAlevey

Bridging city trenches : the New York Civic Participation Project / Steve McFarland

Creating open space to promote social justice : the MinKwon Center for Community Action / Susan McQuade

An appetite for justice : the Restaurant Opportunities center of New York / Marnie Brady

Not waiting for permission : the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and 21st century bargaining / Mischa Gaus

Prepare to win : Domestic Workers United's strategic transitions following the passage of the New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights / Harmony Goldberg

Afterword : lessons from the new labor movement for the old / Ed Ott.