essay
The Cuban-American labor movement in Dade County: an emerging immigrant working class
miami now! immigration, ethnicity, and social change • Gainseville, Florida • Published In 1992 • Pages: 133-159
By: Grenier, Guillermo J..
Abstract
In this article Grenier explores some of the dynamics involved in the development of a self-conscious Cuban working class in Dade County, Florida. Given particular attention in this paper is the emerging organization of this working class into class-based groups within the American labor movement, and how this emergence is affecting the politics of the area and the labor movement in general. Based on interviews, field research, and personal observations Grenier has organized his material around several major themes: '…the importance of understanding the working-class nature of the Cuban American population in Dade County, the militant labor tradition of Cuban workers, the overcoming of initial barriers to entering North American working-class organizations, the overcoming of the myth of the unorganizable Cuban, the development of ethnic solidarity within American organizations, the apparent ethnic succession of leadership of the south Florida AFL-CIO, and the efforts to develop nonpartisan political coalitions on labor issues' (p. 136).
- HRAF PubDate
- 1998
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Sociologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1980s
- Coverage Place
- Dade County, Florida, United States
- Notes
- Guillermo J. Grenier
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-159)
- LCCN
- 92010100
- LCSH
- Cuban Americans