"Poverty Wages Are Not Fresh, Local, or Sustainable": Building Worker Power by Organizing Around (Re)production in Portland's "Sustainable" Food Industry

"Poverty Wages Are Not Fresh, Local, or Sustainable": Building Worker Power by Organizing Around (Re)production in Portland's "Sustainable" Food Industry

Although conscious consumers flock to sustainability-branded restaurants and grocery stores to "vote with their forks" for environmental sustainability and vibrant local economies, workers in these industries face the same poverty wages, discrimination, and exploitative labor practices tha...

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Main Author: Coplen, Amy Katherine Rose
Format: Others
Published: PDXScholar 2019
Subjects:
Food service employees > Labor unions > Case studies
Social responsibility of business > Political aspects > Case studies
Fast food restaurants > Employees > Social conditions
Labor movement
Labor Relations
Online Access:https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5092
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6164&context=open_access_etds

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