Organizing in Hard Times

Labor and Neighborhoods In Hartford

By: Louise B. Simmons

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Paperback | 14 April 1994

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In 1990, Hartford, Connecticut, ranked as the eight poorest city in the country by the census; the real estate market was severely depressed; downtown insurance companies were laying off and the retail department stores were closing; public services were strained; and demolition sites abandoned for lack of funds pockmarked the streets. Hartford's problems are typical of those experienced in numerous U.S. cities affected by a lingering recession.The harsh economic times felt throughout the city's workplaces and neighborhoods precipitated the formation of grassroots alliances between labor and community organizations. Coming together to create new techniques, their work has national implications for the development of alternative strategies for stimulating economic recovery.Louise B. Simmons, a former Hartford City Councilperson, offers an insider's view of these coalitions, focusing on three activist unions-rhe New England Health Care Employees Union, the Hotel and Restaurant Employees, and the United Auto Workers-and three community groups-Hartford Areas Rally Together, Organized North Easterners-Clay Hill and North End, and Asylum Hill Organizing Project. Her in-depth analysis illustrates these groups' successes and difficulties in working together toward a new vision of urban politics. Author note: Louise B. Simmons is Director of the University of Connecticut Urban Semester Program.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Alliances, Coalitions, and Electoral Activities	p. 35
Labor Organizing	p. 67
Neighborhood Organizing	p. 109
Concluding Thoughts	p. 145
Epilogue	p. 175
References	p. 177
Index	p. 181
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