A Union Strategy for Saving Jobs and Enhancing Workplace Democracy

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 96-121

  Lazes, Peter ^a   Savage, Jane ^b  

^a and History

^b Workplace Systems Incorporated in New York City

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EID: 0347432437     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X9602100205     Document Type: Article

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