Labor struggles, new social movements, and America's favorite pastime: New York workers take on new era cap company

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-259

  Carty, Victoria ^a,b  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic globalization; Labor; Social movements; Unionization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745893195     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2006.49.2.239     Document Type: Article

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