Organizing immigrant women in America's sweatshops: Lessons from the Los Angeles garment worker center

Signs

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 527-532

  Sullivan, Richard ^a   Lee, Kimi ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Garment Worker Center   (United States)

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EID: 49249132520     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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