New labor: Slowing the treadmill of production?

Organization and Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-354

  Obach, Brian K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Environmental movement; Labor; Social movements; Unions

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TRADE UNION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344605848     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026604267939     Document Type: Article

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