Social work and labor unions: Historical and contemporary alliances

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-30

  Scanlon, Edward ^a   Harding, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical Social Work Federation; Labor organizing; Labor unions; Social work history; Unionization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746518383     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v13n01_02     Document Type: Article

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