“…2 My examination is based on research I conducted at the Center from February 2002 to June 2004, which included fieldwork, participant observation, and interviews with staff and garment workers, and analysis of the Center's written records. My choice to study the Garment Worker Center was based on findings from previous research showing that community-based organizations, and worker centers in particular, were key sites of labor revitalization (Sullivan 2004). The most intensive fieldwork took place over four months from December 2002 to March 2003 when I spent time as a participant observer, attending staff, membership, and board meetings, sitting in on training and educational workshops and attending social events, like the Chinese New Year Celebration.…”