Front line or all fronts? Women's trade union activism in retail services

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 479-496

  Conley, Hazel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Front line; Part time work; Trade union organization

Indexed keywords

RETAILING; TRADE UNION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 28244454152     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2005.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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