From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement

Glass, Fred B.

ISBN 10: 0520288416 / ISBN 13: 9780520288416

Published by University of California Press, Oakland, 2016

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xviii, 524p., wraps, illus., very good condition. Inscribed and signed by Glass on the half-title.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement
• Publisher: University of California Press, Oakland
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520288416
• ISBN 13: 9780520288416
• Binding: Paperback
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Labor - American
  • California
  • Signed, inscribed, autographed, Autograph, sign...

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Synopsis

There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State. While other states face declining union enrollment rates and the rollback of workers’ rights, California unions are embracing working immigrants, and voters are protecting core worker rights. What’s the difference? California has held an exceptional place in the imagination of Americans and immigrants since the Gold Rush, which saw the first of many waves of working people moving to the state to find work. From Mission to Microchip unearths the hidden stories of these people throughout California’s history. The difficult task of the state’s labor movement has been to overcome perceived barriers such as race, national origin, and language to unite newcomers and natives in their shared interest. As chronicled in this comprehensive history, workers have creatively used collective bargaining, politics, strikes, and varied organizing strategies to find common ground among California’s diverse communities and achieve a measure of economic fairness and social justice. This is an indispensible book for students and scholars of labor history and history of the West, as well as labor activists and organizers. 

About the Author

Fred B. Glass is Communications Director for the California Federation of Teachers and Instructor of Labor and Community Studies at City College of San Francisco. He is the producer of Golden Lands, Working Hands, a ten-part documentary video series on California labor history.