"You have to do it for the people coming": Union organizing and the transformation of immigrant women workers

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-271

  Chandler, Susan Kerr ^a   Jones, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic globalization; Immigrant women; Labor unions; Women workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042575597     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109903251420     Document Type: Article

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