Transnational activist networks and the emergence of labor internationalism in the NAFTA countries

Social Science History

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 577-601

  Stillerman, Joel ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR RELATIONS; NAFTA; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842736954     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-27-4-577     Document Type: Article

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