Local produce, foreign labor: Labor mobility programs and global trade competitiveness in Canada

Rural Sociology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 418-449

  Preibisch, Kerry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROINDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL TRADE; LABOR MOBILITY; LABOR SUPPLY; MIGRANT WORKER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34748920675     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601107781799308     Document Type: Article

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