Place-based action in Wollongong: The role of union-community alliances in constructing labour geographies of steel

Australian Geographer

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-75

  Tonkin, Liza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Industry policy; Politics; Steel restructuring; Unions; Wollongong

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LABOR RELATIONS; TRADE UNION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WOLLONGONG;

EID: 2342648807     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0004918024000193720     Document Type: Article

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