%0 Journal Article %T Constituting Challenges in Differing Arenas of Power: Worker Centers, the Fight for $15, and Union Organizing %A Tom Juravich %J Labor Studies Journal %@ 1538-9758 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/0160449X18763441 %X Too often, the comparing and contrasting of traditional and alt-labor are done as if they were different points on a single dimension. This false equivalency has sometimes led to odd, fanciful, and in some cases dangerous proposals. This paper argues that worker centers, the Fight for $15, and unions operate in distinct and different arenas of power and constitute challenges to different power brokers. It is also clear that they do not use distint types of power but that they use multiple forms of power. It is fundamental that a social movement for workersĄŻ rights needs activity in all arenas of power %K unions %K worker centers %K Fight for $15 %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0160449X18763441