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    Organizing Asian-American Labor: The Pacific Coast Canned-Salmon Industry, 1870-1942
    Organizing Asian-American Labor: The Pacific Coast Canned-Salmon Industry, 1870-1942
    Organizing Asian-American Labor: The Pacific Coast Canned-Salmon Industry, 1870-1942
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    Organizing Asian-American Labor: The Pacific Coast Canned-Salmon Industry, 1870-1942

    By Chris Friday

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    Between 1870 and 1942, successive generations of Asians and Asian Americans—predominantly Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino—formed the predominant body of workers in the Pacific Coast canned-salmon industry.

    This study traces the shifts in the ethnic and gender composition of the cannery labor market from its origins through it decline and examines the workers' creation of work cultures and social communities. Resisting the label of cheap laborer, these Asian American workers established formal and informal codes of workplace behavior, negotiated with contractors and recruiters, and formed alliances to organize the workforce.

    Whether he is discussing Japanese women workers' sharing of child-care responsibilities or the role of Filipino workers in establishing the Cannery and Field Workers Union, Chris Friday portrays Asian and Asian American workers as people who, while enduring oppressive restrictions, continually attempted to shape their own lives.


    In the series Asian American History and Culture, edited by Sucheng Chan, David Palumbo-Liu, Michael Omi, K. Scott Wong, and Linda Trinh Võ.
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTemple University Press
    Release dateJun 11, 2010
    ISBN9781439903797
    Organizing Asian-American Labor: The Pacific Coast Canned-Salmon Industry, 1870-1942

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