LABRST 1C03 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 10: Robin Kelley, National Urban League
3 May 2016
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Introduction to histories and strategies of resistance: an overview of. Visions, strategies, tactics and challenges by robin kelley race. The customers treated us as if we were stupid, probably because 90% of the employees at our franchise were african americans or chicanos from poor families. Volunteered to clean lots and lobbies to talk to friends, over making food and eating it at closing. Because we were underpaid and overworked, we accepted consumption as just compensation. Engaged in workplace struggles never crossed our minds, the battles that were dear to most of us and the strategies we adopted fell outside the parameters of what most people think of as traditional labor disputes . Unheard of for an employee at mcdonalds to complain about wages. No one demanded that management extend lunch breaks. Attempted to alter our ugly uniforms by opening buttons, wearing hats tiled to one side, rolling up sleeves a certain way, or adding a variety of different accessories.
