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Social Workers, Unions, and Low Wage Workers [electronic resource] : A Historical Perspective /

by Reisch, Michael.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleDescription: pp. 50-72.Subject(s): immigration, unemployment, unions, professionalism, low-wage workersOnline resources: Click here to access full-text article In: Journal of community practice 2009, Vol. 17, No. 1-2Summary: Using primary and secondary sources, this article explores the relationship between social workers' and low-wage workers' efforts to improve their economic conditions, especially through unions. It examines ways in which the profession's mission has been interpreted and suggests some implications for social workers' roles in contemporary economic justice struggles.
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Using primary and secondary sources, this article explores the relationship between social workers' and low-wage workers' efforts to improve their economic conditions, especially through unions. It examines ways in which the profession's mission has been interpreted and suggests some implications for social workers' roles in contemporary economic justice struggles.

Mode of access: Internet.


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