Among the ashes: Trade union strategies in the UK and German steel industries

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-50

  Bacon, Nicolas ^a   Blyton, Paul ^a   Morris, Jonathan ^a  

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EID: 0030553525     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.1996.tb00470.x     Document Type: Article

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