Reconceptualizing local union responses to workplace restructuring in North America

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 539-564

  Frost, Ann C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0035541531     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00214     Document Type: Article

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