Renewal in Canadian public sector unions: Neoliberalism and union praxis

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 282-304

  Camfield, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 49149093604     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/016089ar     Document Type: Review

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