Local versus global: Activating local union power in the global economy

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 39-65

  Lévesque, Christian ^a   Murray, Gregor ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 4043116880     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X0202700304     Document Type: Review

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