Day laborers and dock workers: Casual labor markets and immigration policy

Society

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-52

  Skerry, Peter ^a,b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Day laborers; Dock workers; Immigration; Union organizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449083877     PISSN: 01472011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12115-007-9042-8     Document Type: Article

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