Bringing the community in: Possibilities for public sector union success through community unionism

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 186-199

  Tattersall, Amanda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Community unionism; Labour community coalitions; Public sector employment relations; Union strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748508806     PISSN: 14656612     EISSN: 17415160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhrdm.2006.010394     Document Type: Article

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