Basics about the Reading
The author is associate professor of sociology at Colorado State University
What is Joshua Sbicca
This is common to bad jobs leaving food workers economically disenfranchised
What is low pay
Formal collective representation
What are labor unions
What is unfair labor practices and bad jobs
San Diego Roots and Wild Willow Farm relay on this model of work
What is a volunteer labor model
The article was published 7 years ago
What is 2018
The lack of these leaves food workers vulnerable to bad health
What is the lack of benefits such as health insurance
Citizen groups pushing for change
What are social movements and advocacy groups
The alternative initiatives for food production face problems
What is lack of funding and capitalist market forces and pressures
UFCW 770’s push for change involved tackled the following 2 problems
What is systemic discrimination and exploitation of immigrant labor
The title of the reading is about food workers
What is "Taking Back the Economy: Fair Labor Relations and Food Worker Advocacy"
The mistreatment and hiring of immigrant and minorities in the food industry is due to a systemic practice
What is systemic or structural discrimination
Non-profits, cooperatives, and communal groups creating local organizations
What are alternative food production initiatives
This is the reason why food labor is important
What is survival and social reproduction
The voluntary labor model has 2 main problems
What is sustainability problems and no fair compensation for all workers
The page length of the reading is close to 3 decades
What is 29
Food workers often leave in bad conditions
What is unhealthy living conditions and substandard housing
People taking to the streets with the purpose of political protest
What is activism
Conventional agribusinesses benefit from this
What is the lack of state regulation and legislative loopholes
To be representative of LA's diverse communities UFCW 770s did the following
What is included racial and ethnic minorities workers in the leadership
The publisher is in the Midwest
What is University of Minnesota Press
Food workers have been prevented from collective representation
What is non-unionized sector
This is not a new social phenomenon when it comes to address unfair labor practices
What is resistance bad working conditions to address workers' rights
Alternative food production organizations can suffer from this problem
What is the lack of class consciousness
San Diego Roots and Wild Willow Farm obscure unfair labor practices
What is volunteers are well-off individuals who can afford to work for free