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050 00 $aHD6976.T24$bM67 2008
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100 1 $aMosco, Vincent.
245 14 $aThe laboring of communication :$bwill knowledge workers of the world unite? /$cVincent Mosco and Catherine McKercher.
260 $aLanham :$bLexington Books,$cc2008.
300 $ax, 259 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aCritical media studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-248) and index.
505 00 $g1$tIntroduction: New Responses to Bad Times for Organized Labor$g1 --$g2$tTheorizing Knowledge Labor$g23 --$g3$tWomen and Work: Feminism and Political Economy$g53 --$g4$tConvergence, Solidarity, and Labor Power: The Dream of One Big Union$g81 --$g5$tLabor Convergence in the Information Economy$g107 --$g6$tBeyond Business as Usual: Social Movement Unionism and Information Workers$g151 --$g7$tWorkers in a Changing Global Division of Labor$g181.
520 1 $a"The Laboring of Communication examines the transformation of work and worker organizations in today's information society. The book focuses on how traditional trade unions and new worker associations growing out of social movements are coming together to address the crisis of organized labor. It concentrates on the creative responses of the technical and cultural workers in the mass media, telecommunications, and information technology industries." "Concentrating on political economy, labor process, and feminist theory, it proceeds to offer several ways of thinking about communication workers, trade unions, and the nature of the society in which they work. Drawing on interviews and the documentary record, the book provides case studies of successful and unsuccessful efforts to bring together traditional and alternative worker organizations in the United States and Canada. It concludes by addressing the thorny issue of outsourcing, describing how global labor federations and new worker organizations in the developing world are building creative solutions."--Jacket.
650 0 $aTelecommunication$xEmployees$xLabor unions.
650 0 $aKnowledge workers$xLabor unions.
650 0 $aMass media$xEmployees$xLabor unions.
700 1 $aMcKercher, Catherine,$d1952-
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