title: Organizing marginalized workers.
abstract: Figures from the U.S. Department of Labor show that low-wage or marginalized workers are more likely to be injured on the job and suffer more work-related medical conditions than better-paid workers. Despite an increasingly hostile organizing climate, market globalization, and corporate downsizing, significant progress has been made in organizing marginalized workers. A multifaceted, comprehensive organizing strategy, incorporating union-building strategies that include (but are not limited to) safety and health, must be used by unions to successfully organize marginalized workers and obtain the first contract.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008402:Mass Media; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016272:Occupational Health; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011287:Prejudice; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States