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From Rights to Claims: The Role of Civil Society in Making Rights Real for Vulnerable Workers

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Shannon Gleeson
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Abstract

This article examines the contextual factors driving legal mobilization of workers in the United States through an analysis of national origin discrimination charges under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (2000–2005). Consistent with previous studies, this analysis confirms that high unemployment levels and weak labor protections promote legal mobilization. The findings also highlight the positive role that civil society may play in promoting claims-making. I argue that nongovernmental organizations fill the gap in places where organized labor is weak, and may help support claims-making particularly in places with a larger vulnerable workforce. The article concludes by offering suggestions for a renewed sociolegal research agenda that examines the role of 501c(3) civil society organizations for the legal mobilization of an increasingly non-unionized and immigrant workforce.

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Law & Society Review , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , September 2009 , pp. 669 - 700
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© 2009 Law and Society Association.

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The author wishes to thank the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the University of California Labor Employment and Research Fund for generous financial assistance during this research. Helpful comments were also provided on earlier versions of this article by the UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop, Lauren Edelman's Law and Society Workshop, Irene Bloemraad, Sam Lucas, Carroll Seron, B. Evette Porter, and five anonymous reviewers.

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