Heightening tension in relations between trade unions and the labour government in 2002

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 335-358

  Waddington, Jeremy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Employment and Social Policies Unit of the Research Department at the European Trade Union Institute   (Belgium)

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EID: 2542633651     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00275     Document Type: Review

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