Justice for Janitors: Scales of organizing and representing workers

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Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 645-666

  Savage, Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748199123     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0066-4812.2006.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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