'Still in training?' Labor unions and the restructuring of Canadian labor market policy

Economic Geography

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-148

  Rutherford, Tod D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; LABOUR MARKET POLICY; TRADE UNION; TRAINING PROGRAMME;

CANADA;

EID: 0031692317     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1998.tb00109.x     Document Type: Article

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