Autonomy, diversity, and integration: Union women's separate organizing in North America and western Europe in the context of restructuring and globalization

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 543-554

  Briskin, Linda ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR RELATIONS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TRADE UNION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 0033451433     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5395(99)00053-9     Document Type: Article

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