A bridge over troubled water: A decade of representation at South West Water

Employee Relations

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-258

  Bonner, Carole ^a   Gollan, Paul J ^b  

^a Union of Construction   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee representatives; Industrial relations; Trade union recognition; Trade unions; United Kingdom; Water industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744400303     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450510591585     Document Type: Article

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