Cross-constituency organizing in Canadian unions

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-247

  Briskin, Linda ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 41649099324     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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